Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 09 Mar 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
7.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 1PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (09 Mar)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
W
1.1
WNW
1.4
W
1.8
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2.4
W
3
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)121414141313131312121212131414131313141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57412061045887735812458673973119811601299146814442103275051917218838070335908505635184199
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
35
S
35
S
40
SW
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
2.92
9:16PM
2.84
9:34AM
2.62
9:59PM
2.61
10:24AM
2.34
11:08PM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.69
2:56PM
0.82
3:18AM
0.97
3:31PM
1.08
4:06AM
1.25
4:21PM
1.33
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise--7:03-------7:01-------6:58-----
Sunset-----6:22-------6:24-------6:27--
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--12511--1----
Temp. °C77789866678910109866789889
Feels °C (?)554543100244330-1-3-3-102012
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