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Glencolumbkille surf break

Glencolumbkille surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 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
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Glencolumbkille today?

The current surf forecast for Glencolumbkille at 4PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
1
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1
1
1
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NW
2.4
NW
1.7
NNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.2
WNW
1.6
NW
1.2
NW
1.6
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
2
W
1.5
W
3.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)121212111011111010101212121220191818171716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1463160586111021146945125010424982987941237913107918149348119911225611455100478522723767215324
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
30
SSW
35
S
45
S
55
S
45
S
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
2.36
2:38AM
2.44
3:00PM
2.42
3:36AM
2.60
3:55PM
2.54
4:22AM
2.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
1.23
8:12PM
1.09
8:50AM
1.15
9:11PM
1.00
9:46AM
1.01
9:58PM
0.86
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise8:51-------8:49-------8:48-------
Sunset--4:35-------4:37-------4:38-----
clear
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
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light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
--------1-2112211-------
Temp. °C888888776678887777776655
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1001-1-2-4-6-2111-10000-1-2-1-2-1
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