Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 13 Sep 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 5PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (13 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.9
W
1.5
WSW
3
W
3
W
4.5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)11111111111211111110101099781011111110101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)144514271095976898865721533388260158120137351776133041494554330329102182193317671633
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
15
SE
30
SE
35
SE
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
3.17
10:43PM
2.99
11:14AM
2.93
11:56PM
2.63
12:36PM
2.75
1:35AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.59
4:42AM
0.79
5:24PM
0.90
5:52AM
1.10
7:08PM
1.10
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise--------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:55-------7:52-------7:50----
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21121----411232323321---
Temp. °C121414131312121011121514131313131313131312121313
Feels °C (?)68991010107551210757544544467
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1 h 18 min ago

11 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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