Fanad Head Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.28° N 7.64° W

Fanad Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fanad Head Reef sea temperature is
14.6°C
1.8° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 4AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (07 Oct)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Thu afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu morning, near gales from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.7
WNW
10
1.9
WNW
10
2.2
NW
10
2.4
NW
10
2.5
NW
11
2.5
NW
11
2.4
NW
11
2.2
NW
11
2
NW
11
1.8
NW
11
1.5
WNW
11
1.4
NW
11
1.4
W
10
2.1
W
8
2.1
W
9
2.1
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
3.5
WNW
11
4
WNW
12
4.5
WNW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
517
565
565
712
899
1219
1528
1542
1401
1162
918
712
513
408
400
616
742
788
1111
1532
1742
3076
3988
5245
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
W
15
SSW
25
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
45
W
50
W
50
WSW
55
W
55
WSW
55
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:35AM2.68m
4:52PM3.19m
5:20AM2.91m
5:34PM3.39m
5:58AM3.11m
6:12PM3.50m
Low Tide
10:22PM0.57m
10:27AM0.58m
11:08PM0.32m
11:13AM0.33m
11:47PM0.13m
11:52AM0.15m
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6:49
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 mm
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1
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1
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3
3
2
4
1
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Temp °C
11
11
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
11
11
10
10
9
11
14
15
14
12
12
12
11
11
11
Feels °C
6
5
5
3
3
3
3
4
4
6
7
6
5
2
5
9
8
6
3
2
1
0
-1
0
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