Fanad Head Reef surf break

Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 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
7.1° 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 9PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (21 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)161616151414141414151516161616161414141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31393098314224122070241027763372405344355386756410712107729418713246383388241716991423114511751214
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
25
WSW
10
SW
15
SE
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
3.09
8:55AM
3.27
9:16PM
2.94
9:38AM
3.00
10:04PM
2.74
10:33AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:28PM
0.13
2:36AM
0.21
3:06PM
0.32
3:19AM
0.44
3:50PM
0.58
4:12AM
0.71
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------7:39-------7:35-------7:33-
Sunset5:47-------5:50-------5:52-------
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-1--11-1--11----44-----
Temp. °C11121199989988889910109101010101011
Feels °C (?)764221-10-1-2-2-3-3-10486665335
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