Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 13 Oct 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
13.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 7PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)--
Afternoon (13 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (13 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.5
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.3
W
Period(s) (?)121111111115141313121211111110101514131212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1068988918568100881197310063575633313857844569383618
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
0
NE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffglassoffoffoffoffoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
2.48
12:27PM
2.87
1:32AM
2.36
2:01PM
2.89
3:02AM
2.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.90
5:36AM
1.16
7:16PM
1.04
7:23AM
1.26
8:55PM
0.92
8:55AM
1.13
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise------7:58-------8:00-------8:02-
Sunset6:39-------6:37-------6:36-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111211101010101214131211101010131514121110101013
Feels °C (?)10111099991214131210999121513111099812
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rossnowlagh (calm at Sligo Airport 40 km from Rossnowlagh). 0.4m 11s groundswell from the WNW with a 0.1m 8s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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13.9
Air / Water (°C)
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