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Fanad Head Reef surf break

Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 07 Feb 2026 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
7.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fanad Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 11AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (07 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (07 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121212111111111111111313122321
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24318417813312989867675751031019489615957576012511775215718
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
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		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
3.04
9:38PM
2.69
9:57AM
2.74
10:17PM
2.49
10:39AM
2.46
11:08PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
0.60
3:40AM
0.69
4:09PM
0.85
4:23AM
0.97
4:54PM
1.10
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--8:11-------8:08-------8:07-----
Sunset----5:17-------5:20-------5:22---
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-1121--1---------132--
Temp. °C666677777777988767888889
Feels °C (?)-1-10243344433543212312235
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