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Drumnacraig Beach surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 IST
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Drumnacraig Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Drumnacraig Beach sea temperature is
8.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Drumnacraig Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Drumnacraig Beach at 6PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

Table - waves today at Drumnacraig Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NNW
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
0.1
N
1.4
WNW
0.1
N
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)109998888121212121313131312121191171010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125835939242211110000000000020100
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
5
SW
5
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
3.25
9:45PM
2.66
10:09AM
2.99
10:32PM
2.49
10:56AM
2.73
11:26PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
0.48
3:40AM
0.54
4:27PM
0.70
4:29AM
0.78
5:17PM
0.90
5:26AM
1.01
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise8:52-------8:52-------8:52-------
Sunset--4:20-------4:21-------4:22-----
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------11111----------12-
Temp. °C656666665666655524433345
Feels °C (?)3243223201013221-3-1-1-3-3-5-6-5
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