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 pm Thursday 18 Sep 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 15.5° C
(Which is 1.9°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 9PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	!	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	742	492	852	857	681	545	388	434	417	443	443	504	615	514	787	2683	6387	8644	7625	5727	3951	2806	2140	1495
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	S	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:57PM 3.09				5:24AM 2.85				5:40PM 3.31				6:01AM 3.02				6:15PM 3.46				6:34AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)				11:15PM 0.52				11:18AM 0.51				11:53PM 0.33				11:55AM 0.31				12:25AM 0.18				12:28PM 0.18

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	5	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	16	16	15	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	11	10	11	11	12	12
Feels °C (?)	11	10	13	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	8	8	7	7	8	8	12	9	2	-1	1	1	4	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Ballyhiernan Bay (moderate winds from the S at Malin Head 27 km from Ballyhiernan Bay). No surfable waves
1 hour 17 minutes ago Ballyhiernan Bay

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20 km away, 1 h 47 min ago

19 km/h

SSW

0.0

15.5

Air / Water (°C)

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