Magheraroarty Strand Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (55.15° N 8.15° W)

Surf Forecasts

Magheraroarty Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 17 Aug 2025 IST

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

Today's Magheraroarty Strand sea temperature is 16.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Magheraroarty Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Magheraroarty Strand at 6PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Donegal Surf

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	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	5	4	6	6	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	36	41	44	43	40	48	61	52	48	44	47	38	38	29	23	19	20	23	40	29	40	35	34	39
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			1:02PM 2.58				1:49AM 2.52				2:38PM 2.59				3:27AM 2.53					4:04PM 2.78				4:41AM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)					7:18PM 1.00				8:03AM 1.04				9:00PM 0.99				9:33AM 0.97					10:23PM 0.81

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	-	-	9:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	23	21	18	18	18	18	19	22	23	22	20	19	19	18	18	20	21	19	18	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	16	19	20	18	16	16	17	16	17	20	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	19	18	16	16	14	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Magheraroarty Strand (moderate winds from the SE at Donegal Airport 16 km from Magheraroarty Strand). 0.5m 7s swell from the NW with a 0.2m 7s swell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 42 minutes ago Magheraroarty Strand

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