Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 02 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
8.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 4PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
W
1.4
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
2
W
2
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)12111010101214131313131312121615151414141414910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24716612138459269015721397137614911609167515911174871197417761728170422932686282225122413
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SW
10
WNW
20
WSW
10
WNW
20
WSW
35
W
30
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
45
S
40
SW
30
NW
40
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
3.48
7:20AM
3.66
7:39PM
3.49
7:51AM
3.51
8:08PM
3.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.05
1:03AM
0.18
1:24PM
0.09
1:35AM
0.21
1:52PM
0.21
2:07AM
0.31
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise--------7:01------6:58-------6:56
Sunset---8:09-------8:12-------8:14----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11-11-13211----24121211
Temp. °C65689108877776543351174663
Feels °C (?)1-103575342-1-1000-1-202-2-4-4-3-5
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