Falcarragh Beach Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Falcarragh Beach surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 20 Aug 2025 IST

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Falcarragh Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Falcarragh Beach sea temperature is 16.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Falcarragh Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Falcarragh Beach at 8AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (20 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s

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

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	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	18	20	20	27	20	20	15	16	19	22	15	34	54	81	108	127	151	185	173	167	160	118	109	80
Wind (km/h)	E	SE	SE	NE	NNE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	SE	ENE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNW	N	NNE	N	N	NNE	ENE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:41AM 2.69				5:06PM 3.05				5:35AM 2.88				5:55PM 3.30				6:19AM 3.03				6:36PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)				10:40AM 0.76				11:22PM 0.57				11:31AM 0.53				12:08AM 0.36				12:13PM 0.32				12:47AM 0.20

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22								Sat 23
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	17	17	17	15	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	13	13
Feels °C (?)	12	12	14	16	14	15	14	15	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	13	11	12	13	12	13	12	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Falcarragh Beach (light winds from the SSE at Donegal Airport 20 km from Falcarragh Beach). 0.5m 6s windswell from the N with a 0.3m 3s local chop from the E and a 0.2m 7s swell from the WNW as well as a 0.1m 9s swell, also from the WNW. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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20 km away, 52 min ago

7 km/h

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16.3

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