Glencolumbkille surf break

Glencolumbkille surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 20 Aug 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
16.9° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Glencolumbkille today?

The current surf forecast for Glencolumbkille at 11AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.2
W
0.4
WSW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.9
W
0.9
WSW
1
W
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)6777776666615141313121211111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)17182120212115142421163584150187255256266263212188178142136
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
15
NNW
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
2.63
4:50PM
3.03
5:20AM
2.80
5:40PM
3.28
6:05AM
2.94
6:23PM
3.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
0.76
11:10PM
0.56
11:16AM
0.54
11:57PM
0.35
11:59AM
0.34
12:37AM
0.20
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Sat
23
Sunrise-6:18-------6:20-------6:22------
Sunset-----8:57-------8:53-------8:52--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414161717161615141414151514141414141415151515
Feels °C (?)131212161514131515141514141413131313131314131314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Glencolumbkille (light winds from the S at Donegal Airport 46 km from Glencolumbkille). 0.4m 6s windswell from the N with a 0.1m 7s swell from the WNW and a 0.1m 9s swell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
S
0.0
16.9
Air / Water (°C)
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