Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 23 Nov 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
11.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 8AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (23 Nov)16ft (5.0m)12s
Evening (23 Nov)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
W
5
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)89111212121211111111101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)87518343648581174823759243316651265798599377296245196201266203154113106797858
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
W
45
W
50
WSW
55
W
40
WNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
N
15
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
3.29
7:21PM
2.88
7:44AM
3.19
7:57PM
2.73
8:24AM
3.08
8:39PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
0.63
1:15AM
0.61
1:51PM
0.78
1:50AM
0.73
2:33PM
0.92
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise--8:15-------8:18-------8:19-----
Sunset----4:20-------4:19-------4:17---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2221232-----------------
Temp. °C888889887789888878899765
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-3-30133342122324567431
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