Fanad Head Reef Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 IST

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Fanad Head Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Fanad Head Reef sea temperature is 15.6° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fanad Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 5PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	14s

Table - waves today at Fanad Head Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	!	!	2	4	3	3	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WNW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	N
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	64	422	1329	4196	5023	4763	4115	2993	2053	1219	746	471	569	934	706	579	471	442	436	482	386	367	288	899
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SE	SE	SSE	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:13PM 2.78				4:48AM 2.59				5:07PM 3.04				5:33AM 2.80				5:48PM 3.25				6:09AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	9:42AM 0.98					10:35PM 0.74				10:42AM 0.73				11:23PM 0.50				11:26AM 0.48				12:01AM 0.31

	Wednesday 17					Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	16	14	13	13	15	15	14	12	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	10	8	7	5	5	5	4	6	9	11	13	11	11	12	7	7	7	9	10	11	9	8	9	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fanad Head Reef (strong winds from the SSW at Malin Head 22 km from Fanad Head Reef). No surfable waves
1 hour 32 minutes ago Fanad Head Reef

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22 km away, 1 h 32 min ago

47 km/h

SSW

0.0

15.6

Air / Water (°C)

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