Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 24 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
8.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 10AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Dec)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (24 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (24 Dec)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sat
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
Period(s) (?)141313131212121212121212121212111212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12069588116695194394393673553473593473412762162061691841501431021009585
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
3.37
8:28PM
2.78
8:50AM
3.31
9:12PM
2.69
9:33AM
3.23
10:03PM
2.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.66
2:15AM
0.61
3:04PM
0.70
2:56AM
0.74
3:51PM
0.74
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Sat
27
Sunrise--8:53-------8:53-------8:53-----
Sunset----4:09-------4:09-------4:10---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C654444333222322223223344
Feels °C (?)221000-1-1-1-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-1-2-20-100
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