Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 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
8.6° 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 12PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 20s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (23 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (23 Dec)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)111614141313131414131313121212121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2383208451018103487874712401206958811669519439439367349336347347333271257202
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
3.40
7:48PM
2.87
8:12AM
3.37
8:28PM
2.78
8:50AM
3.31
9:12PM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.61
1:39AM
0.52
2:22PM
0.66
2:15AM
0.61
3:04PM
0.70
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise--8:52-------8:53-------8:53-----
Sunset----4:08-------4:09-------4:09---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C999998887654444333223223
Feels °C (?)777776664320000-1-1-1-2-2-1-2-2-1
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