Fanad Head Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.28° N 7.64° W

Fanad Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fanad Head Reef sea temperature is
16.4°C
2.2° 

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 (01 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 10PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)--
Afternoon (01 Sep)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (01 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, near gales from the WSW by Fri morning).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
W
8
1.3
WNW
8
1.2
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1.1
WNW
8
1
WNW
8
0.8
WNW
8
0.7
WNW
8
0.7
NNW
8
0.8
NNW
9
0.7
NNW
9
0.8
NNW
10
1.3
W
7
1.2
W
7
1
W
7
1
W
7
1.4
WSW
5
1.9
W
7
1.9
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
301
229
192
159
138
113
79
61
75
99
79
125
145
127
100
94
117
351
550
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SW
20
S
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:29PM3.23m
9:49AM2.95m
10:09PM3.00m
10:33AM2.77m
Low Tide
3:11PM0.26m
3:38AM0.34m
3:51PM0.45m
4:20AM0.57m
4:40PM0.69m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:24
8:22
8:19
 mm
6
3
3
1
2
1
1
2
Temp °C
15
15
14
14
14
14
15
15
16
17
16
17
16
15
16
17
16
14
14
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
13
13
12
13
15
15
14
12
11
12
12
13
9
8
8
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