Maghera Strand Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (54.77° N 8.54° W)

Surf Forecasts:

Maghera Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 IST

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

Today's Maghera Strand sea temperature is 13.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Maghera Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Maghera Strand at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (20 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (20 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	15	15	12	12	13	12	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	240	184	135	100	471	579	762	808	800	742	702	554	574	800	511	427	452	1117	2697	1637	3863	5354	7338	9418
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	W	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 3.36				6:26AM 3.20				6:36PM 3.35				6:55AM 3.26					7:06PM 3.29				7:23AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)				12:14AM 0.19				12:22PM 0.28				12:41AM 0.19				12:53PM 0.27					1:08AM 0.24

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-
Sunset	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Feels °C (?)	11	12	10	10	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	4	6	6	5	5	6	5	4	1	-1	-2	-3	-4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Maghera Strand (light winds from the WNW at Donegal Airport 34 km from Maghera Strand). 0.9m 10s swell from the WSW with a 0.5m 3s local chop from the W and a 0.2m 9s swell from the N as well as a 0.2m 7s swell, also from the N. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 26 minutes ago Maghera Strand

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34 km away, 2 h 26 min ago

15 km/h

WNW

0.0

13.5

Air / Water (°C)

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