Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 04 Apr 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
8.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 1AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
1.7
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313121111111212121212181617171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1360140025311581197523591902190215811047764669540429343279232144178133364034455437563634
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
25
W
35
NW
20
W
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
20
WSW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08PM
3.43
8:22AM
3.32
8:38PM
3.31
8:53AM
3.08
9:09PM
3.14
9:25AM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52PM
0.21
2:07AM
0.31
2:20PM
0.37
2:40AM
0.48
2:49PM
0.58
3:14AM
0.70
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:54-------6:50--
Sunset-8:14-------8:15-------8:16------
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
58112211----------------
Temp. °C1075554677754467101113109991011
Feels °C (?)22-3-1-4-4-2-2-1110-1-10457433357
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