Glencolumbkille Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Glencolumbkille surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 IST

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Glencolumbkille surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Glencolumbkille sea temperature is 14.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Glencolumbkille today?

The current surf forecast for Glencolumbkille at 5PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	12s
Evening (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s

Table - waves today at Glencolumbkille. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	90	152	150	121	164	137	116	114	195	222	268	187	224	119	149	110	100	96	70	119	166	139	177	114
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	NE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	E	NNE	NNE	NNE	ENE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	NNE	NE	E	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:05AM 2.87				11:52PM 2.36				12:31PM 2.71					1:32AM 2.24				2:06PM 2.72				3:02AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)				5:29PM 0.87				5:42AM 1.07					7:17PM 1.00				7:27AM 1.14				8:55PM 0.89

	Monday 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	12	11
Feels °C (?)	3	5	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	10	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Glencolumbkille (light winds from the N at Donegal Airport 46 km from Glencolumbkille). 0.7m 12s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.5m 9s swell from the WSW and a 0.2m 8s swell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Glencolumbkille

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46 km away, 1 h 16 min ago

19 km/h

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14.1

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