Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 2PM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)15ft (4.5m)14s
Afternoon (12 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (12 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)1615141414131312121111101010101099999101014
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72077512797372945748416828151866123089461944134928223519718514611311592725165
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-6:39-------6:37-------6:33------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:30-------8:32--
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1111-11----111---------1
Temp. °C7778876433691096544689101111
Feels °C (?)-1-2-2-1-1010-1-12456310-1035777
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