Portsalon Beach Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Portsalon Beach surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 IST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Portsalon Beach sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portsalon Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Portsalon Beach at 1PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	WNW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	16	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	35	20	19	18	17	16	14	17	19	19	24	25	25	15	13	6	6	2	2	0	0	26	178	529
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WSW	SE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SSE	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:52PM 2.54				3:45AM 2.38					4:13PM 2.78				4:48AM 2.59				5:07PM 3.04
Low Tide / height (m)			8:09AM 1.15				9:23PM 0.98				9:42AM 0.98					10:35PM 0.74				10:42AM 0.73				11:23PM 0.50

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	15	15	16	14	13	13	12	11	13	15	16	15	17	15
Feels °C (?)	7	7	7	9	10	11	10	6	3	9	11	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	10	13	16	15	13	10

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update Offshore wind has become cross-off at Portsalon Beach (fresh winds from the W at Malin Head 25 km from Portsalon Beach). No surfable waves
47 minutes ago Portsalon Beach
Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Ballyhiernan Bay (fresh winds from the W at Malin Head 27 km from Ballyhiernan Bay). No surfable waves
47 minutes ago Ballyhiernan Bay

Expand

View all

25 km away, 47 min ago

32 km/h

0.0

15.7

Air / Water (°C)

Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Portsalon Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.