Fanad Head Reef Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Fanad Head Reef surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 24 Oct 2025 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 13.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fanad Head Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Fanad Head Reef at 12AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	9s
Afternoon (25 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	8s
Evening (25 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	8s

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

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	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	703	1655	3221	2414	1805	1622	1178	848	768	845	866	753	650	287	214	988	1599	2051	2898	5070	5088	3904	2872	1943
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 2.98				8:37AM 3.02				8:52PM 2.79				9:09AM 2.85				9:24PM 2.58				9:48AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12PM 0.42				2:23AM 0.50				2:44PM 0.59				2:53AM 0.67				3:19PM 0.80				3:27AM 0.85

	Friday 24			Saturday 25								Sunday 26								Monday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	3	1	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Feels °C (?)	3	0	-1	-1	-3	-3	-1	0	-2	-3	-2	-1	1	2	2	3	1	0	-1	-2	1	0	3	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fanad Head Reef (strong winds from the N at Malin Head 22 km from Fanad Head Reef). No surfable waves
1 hour 23 minutes ago Fanad Head Reef

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22 km away, 1 h 23 min ago

50 km/h

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13.4

Air / Water (°C)

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