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Fanad Head Reef surf break

Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
7.6° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (31 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Evening (31 Jan)6ft (1.9m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
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)
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
3
6
5
5
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.2
WNW
2
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515151515151414141413201817171616161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20071735149116241785178515801340117197511061179116224175593471735432682202814961240930529331
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
40
W
30
W
25
W
15
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
3.03
5:36AM
3.43
6:00PM
3.16
6:19AM
3.62
6:41PM
3.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
0.35
11:12PM
0.30
11:48AM
0.14
11:56PM
0.11
12:31PM
0.00
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise--8:25-------8:22-------8:21-----
Sunset----5:02-------5:05-------5:07---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------221-----------
Temp. °C777777776667886555577666
Feels °C (?)1112454432-30242110-1-1-1-5-5-4
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