Donegal Surf

Detailed Donegal surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Donegal. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Donegal. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Donegal over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Donegal and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Donegal Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Donegal Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Donegal coastline are also listed below.

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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Maghera Strand Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	0	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period(s)	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	7	6
Energy	230	269	316	235	201	183	128	220	287	271	258	1318	1025	493	976	894	894	629	298	261	101	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 2.79		10:32PM 3.27	11:17AM 2.63		11:57PM 2.95	12:38PM 2.39		12:51AM 2.99		2:03PM 2.13	2:13AM 2.87		3:05PM 2.43	3:33AM 2.31		3:40PM 2.57			4:55PM 2.48		5:02AM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 0.54		5:03AM 0.59	5:19PM 0.71		6:25AM 0.74	6:04PM 0.87		7:34AM 0.80		7:39PM 0.91	8:34AM 0.72		9:05PM 0.68	9:26AM 0.67		9:44PM 0.80	10:15AM 0.61		10:44PM 0.69	11:09AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	5	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	15	17	18	13	16	16	15	18	19	16	13	14	12	12	13	12	18	15	14	17
Low °C	15	15	13	15	13	12	13	16	12	15	17	12	12	13	9	10	12	11	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	18	16	13	16	18	13	16	15	14	18	19	16	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	14	13	17
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:49	-	-	9:51	-	-	9:51	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	6	6	16	-	-	15	17	14	-	-	-	-	-	19	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Maghera Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	578	261	230	352	269	249	168	316	384	200	235	294	201	203	332	183	300	256	128	110	220	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:24AM 2.53				10:32PM 3.27				11:28AM 2.30				11:57PM 2.95				12:44PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)	3:55AM 0.37	4:06AM 0.38				4:08PM 0.54				5:11AM 0.59				5:25PM 0.65				6:10AM 0.74				6:08PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	17	16	15	15	14	13	12	15	18	18	13	13	12	11	10	13	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	14	16	16	14	13	12	11	10	14	18	18	12	12	10	9	8	11	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	6	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	6	4	6	6	-	6	16	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Thursday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	570	566	578	376	364	261	251	246	230	258	258	352	409	328	269	263	259	249	208	164	168	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										10:20AM 2.79												10:49PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)			3:55AM 0.37													4:08PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	15	17	16	17	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-