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Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 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 7AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
4
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5
5
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NW
1
W
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
NW
0.5
W
0.9
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)111211111111111010111013131212122019181717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3262806655176316086154924353221608726028033939311615766711869586485575551154267
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
35
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
2.48
2:36AM
2.57
2:56PM
2.52
3:34AM
2.73
3:52PM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
1.31
8:10PM
1.14
8:50AM
1.22
9:08PM
1.04
9:45AM
1.06
9:56PM
0.89
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:48-------8:47-------8:45-----
Sunset----4:34-------4:36-------4:37---
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11--------11211111------
Temp. °C766776543354565544356332
Feels °C (?)3101100-1-1-2-1-4-322100-122-2-1-2
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