Maghera Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 28 Aug 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.9°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 4AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (28 Aug)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (28 Aug)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
2.2
WSW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111010101099999999911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3139294730906861442743814007304926202218199314951921158292374760254447136927623911353967
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
S
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSE
20
SE
40
SE
35
SSE
35
SW
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
3.23
9:27AM
2.92
9:43PM
2.99
10:00AM
2.77
10:16PM
2.73
10:38AM
2.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.46
3:24PM
0.54
3:47AM
0.67
3:59PM
0.79
4:21AM
0.90
4:40PM
1.05
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:35----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:35-------8:31
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
44444221223111111---551-
Temp. °C141414141413151514141514151616151514131313151514
Feels °C (?)991088710108810910121212121211961086
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36 km away, 44 min ago

18 km/h
S
0.0
17.5
Air / Water (°C)
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