Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 19 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
8.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 3PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)131212121212111111111313151515151616161615151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75065051943235534325119819419130341135514531907199329252801280126962560199318771728
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
E
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
W
5
NW
0
N
0
ENE
0
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
3.53
6:21AM
3.95
6:45PM
3.61
6:58AM
3.91
7:21PM
3.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
-0.09
12:04AM
0.04
12:32PM
-0.17
12:40AM
-0.01
1:06PM
-0.12
1:18AM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise6:39-------6:35-------6:33-------
Sunset---6:43-------6:45-------6:46----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C71114141210988121311987671112129766
Feels °C (?)48111311876691098764599106433
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