Fanad Head Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.28° N 7.64° W

Fanad Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fanad Head Reef sea temperature is
15.5°C
2.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Fanad Head Reef today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 1AM is: 4.0m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (25 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (25 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
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3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
WNW
12
2.2
WNW
12
3.5
WNW
17
4
WNW
17
4
WNW
16
3.5
WNW
16
3.5
WNW
16
3.5
WNW
14
3
WNW
14
3
WNW
13
2.5
WNW
13
3
WNW
12
3
WNW
12
2.5
WNW
12
2.3
WNW
11
2.1
WNW
11
2
WNW
11
2
WNW
10
1.9
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
741
1430
7253
7635
7088
6846
5960
4518
3451
2801
2397
2173
2249
1660
1261
1046
908
858
749
Wind (km/h)
30
S
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
5:48PM3.14m
6:05AM2.95m
6:18PM3.34m
6:35AM3.13m
6:48PM3.48m
Low Tide
11:58PM0.36m
12:00PM0.30m
00:27AM0.16m
12:31PM0.14m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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7:22
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1
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Temp °C
17
15
13
13
12
12
13
14
15
14
12
13
13
13
14
16
17
16
15
Feels °C
13
12
8
7
5
5
6
8
9
8
6
6
7
7
9
11
12
12
9
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