Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 19 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
9.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 2AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
1
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)141012121211111313141312121514141413131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113101292192246206194430417474350309309453515492372290225155104714023
Wind
(km/h)
0
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
ENE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
3.72
8:21AM
3.60
8:44PM
3.62
9:10AM
3.31
9:33PM
3.45
10:05AM
2.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
-0.09
2:03AM
0.02
2:22PM
0.10
2:50AM
0.18
3:05PM
0.37
3:43AM
0.43
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:16-------6:15--
Sunset-8:42-------8:44-------8:45------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101198768121211976671011119755710
Feels °C (?)896532591085321134430-2-203
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