Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fanad Head Reef today (28 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 12AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (28 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 8s |
| Evening (28 Jul) | 5ft (1.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Fanad Head Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon night, min 11°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 27 | Tuesday 28 | Wednesday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NNW 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 312 | 299 | 227 | 188 | 173 | 225 | 290 | 203 | 187 | 246 | 340 | 290 | 200 | 176 | 181 | 149 | 133 | 123 | 160 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 6:11PM2.88m | 6:26AM2.74m | 6:46PM3.05m | 7:00AM2.85m | 7:19PM3.19m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 00:18AM0.71m | 12:25PM0.58m | 00:54AM0.56m | 12:58PM0.43m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 9:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:40 | — |
mm | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
Feels °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | N 9 | N 9 | W 8 | W 8 | N 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 |
| kJ | 312 | 299 | 227 | 188 | 173 | 60 | 41 | 203 | 187 | 41 | 340 | 290 | 200 | 176 | 181 | 149 | 133 | 123 | 115 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 10 | N 9 | — | — | N 9 | N 9 | — | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | NNW 9 | N 9 | N 9 | NNW 11 | NNW 10 | NNW 10 |
| kJ | 96 | 96 | 94 | 90 | 61 | — | — | 41 | 41 | — | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 48 | 94 | 160 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 12 | N 8 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | W 8 | — | — | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 225 | 290 | — | — | 246 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 0 |
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