Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 Jan 2026 IST
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Rossnowlagh surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rossnowlagh sea temperature is
8.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 7PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
W
2.2
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
0.9
WNW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)11111212121110911111111131212121210131211111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)329329469407168915211000497584514515426649590599567442175411389396341248300
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
S
40
SSE
50
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
W
10
WNW
0
WSW
5
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoffcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
2.76
12:14AM
2.46
12:32PM
2.56
1:26AM
2.47
1:46PM
2.48
2:36AM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54PM
1.07
6:12AM
1.29
7:02PM
1.16
7:37AM
1.31
8:10PM
1.14
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise8:49-------8:48-------8:48-------
Sunset--4:30-------4:31-------4:34-----
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-131311-13--181-11-----
Temp. °C1112121199998888765667655543
Feels °C (?)664102233445632322-2-1010-1
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