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Rossnowlagh surf break

Rossnowlagh surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 19 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
8.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rossnowlagh today?

The current surf forecast for Rossnowlagh at 1AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111113131515151515161616151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5194323553432511981941913035063551609180918772258280127662696236519931851170415041609
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
W
5
WNW
0
NNW
0
NW
5
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
NW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononglassglassglassglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
3.53
6:21AM
3.95
6:45PM
3.61
6:58AM
3.91
7:21PM
3.60
7:37AM
3.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.04
12:32PM
-0.17
12:40AM
-0.01
1:06PM
-0.12
1:18AM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:35-------6:33-------6:31-
Sunset-6:43-------6:45-------6:46------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1514121088812131188767101212976678
Feels °C (?)13131186679109775458910643333
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