Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 02 Mar 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
7.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 2PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 2.0m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (02 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (02 Mar)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
2
W
2.3
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
2.1
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.7
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)121212131313131212121211111111101413131212121615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8871113142321901992146893279766856548031123518814610252966371558147748814771450
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
30
SSW
35
WNW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
0
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
3.27
5:40AM
3.89
6:03PM
3.39
6:16AM
3.96
6:37PM
3.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:17AM
0.15
11:16PM
0.23
11:53AM
0.01
11:53PM
0.10
12:26PM
-0.04
12:27AM
0.07
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise7:20-------7:18-------7:16-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:12-------6:14----
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--1--------------------1
Temp. °C69977765579745678911111110109
Feels °C (?)022124422343-212334667668
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