Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 28 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
10.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 3PM is: 5.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Nov)18ft (5.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Nov)16ft (5.0m)14s
Evening (28 Nov)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
W
5
W
5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
1.8
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)161614141413131212121211111111111110101010111211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1394411948950269904392273317281234861755550426351407400392275212161125153342870969
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
5
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
20
SSW
15
W
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:04AM
2.89
11:53PM
2.39
12:09PM
2.94
1:05AM
2.54
1:13PM
3.06
2:07AM
2.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
1.02
5:32AM
1.19
6:50PM
0.86
6:51AM
1.12
7:50PM
0.63
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise8:25-------8:26-------8:29-------
Sunset--4:15-------4:14-------4:13-----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
111132------11-----3411-
Temp. °C8898877667765566456479108
Feels °C (?)-1-2-1-1143111223223110-4-2565
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