Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 28 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
8.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 4PM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)15ft (4.5m)15s
Afternoon (28 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
4
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514131313121111131517171717171716161616161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93006541473933132213918121117962432352366961265614201138351346812579104838273675654324681378427402171
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
W
40
W
35
W
35
WNW
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
2.59
3:04AM
3.17
3:45PM
2.83
3:56AM
3.43
4:29PM
3.07
4:38AM
3.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
0.86
8:42PM
0.99
9:36AM
0.59
9:36PM
0.73
10:19AM
0.35
10:18PM
0.51
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise6:16-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:01-------7:04----
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111----261--------------
Temp. °C778886889109888888988910109
Feels °C (?)-2-20221102310000112246665
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