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Fanad Head Reef surf break

Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 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
8.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 8AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 2.2m 10s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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)
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
0
0
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
2.2
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1.6
NW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
WNW
1.8
NW
1.9
WNW
1.8
NW
1.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)10101010911111010101011111112121313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23721761878614333291214442894906106313271110973857105610771066129910981197145915071571
Wind
(km/h)
45
NNW
40
NNW
25
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SSW
35
NW
25
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
3.46
9:01PM
2.85
9:24AM
3.25
9:45PM
2.66
10:09AM
2.99
10:32PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56PM
0.28
2:56AM
0.33
3:41PM
0.48
3:40AM
0.54
4:27PM
0.70
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--8:53-------8:53-------8:52-----
Sunset----4:17-------4:20-------4:21---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------1-11-1--111111--12
Temp. °C666653337775666666666765
Feels °C (?)-5-4-121-1-2-1-1131322210-2-2-1100
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