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Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
8.3° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 2AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)101010101011111212121312121212131414131312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25098086072569861175083375582087480710339699282060248426622199278221291366894611
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
15
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
2.99
9:04AM
3.60
9:31PM
2.82
9:49AM
3.33
10:19PM
2.66
10:35AM
3.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.43
3:21PM
0.50
3:13AM
0.66
4:07PM
0.71
4:01AM
0.91
4:57PM
0.91
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise----8:52-------8:51-------8:51---
Sunset------4:25-------4:28-------4:29-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C376655555555556556666554
Feels °C (?)021323211110-1-20-10-1012110
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