Fanad Head Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.28° N 7.64° W

Fanad Head Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fanad Head Reef sea temperature is
15.1°C
2.0° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 10AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (28 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue night, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Mon morning, near gales from the SE by Tue night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
12
1.8
WNW
11
1.7
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
1.5
WNW
10
1.4
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
10
1.2
WNW
11
1.1
WNW
11
0.9
WNW
10
0.7
WNW
10
0.6
W
12
0.6
W
11
0.5
W
11
0.4
W
11
0.4
W
11
0.4
W
12
0.5
W
11
0.5
W
10
0.6
WNW
13
1.7
W
13
2.2
WNW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
937
828
745
643
551
478
426
279
328
256
155
104
103
85
59
37
37
44
60
51
131
927
1497
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
ESE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
30
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:38AM3.33m
7:53PM3.53m
8:12AM3.33m
8:29PM3.42m
8:48AM3.24m
9:08PM3.21m
Low Tide
1:37PM-0.00m
2:00AM-0.01m
2:13PM0.05m
2:36AM0.12m
2:52PM0.19m
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2
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Temp °C
10
9
10
14
15
13
12
12
12
12
13
15
15
16
18
18
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15
15
14
12
Feels °C
6
5
6
10
10
9
7
6
6
4
6
7
7
8
9
9
12
7
6
8
10
9
8
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