Donegal Surf

Donegal Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Donegal Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Donegal Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Donegal Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Donegal Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Donegal Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Donegal Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Donegal Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Donegal Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Donegal Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Tullaghan (Leitrim) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Mullaghderg Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	3	2	0	4	3	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	3.0 W
Period(s)	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	6	10	12	9	11	11	10	9	9	10
Energy	490	447	984	631	1145	2980	1530	1087	441	313	222	598	271	407	596	781	1208	1633	848	508	528	1724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:59PM 2.98	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:53AM 2.32		9:59PM 3.00	10:35AM 2.41		10:56PM 2.77	11:26AM 2.32		11:44PM 2.77	12:31PM 2.07		1:01AM 2.41		1:23PM 2.41	1:59AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		2:42PM 0.54	3:08AM 0.71		3:13PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		3:57PM 0.67		4:33AM 0.90	4:34PM 0.83		5:23AM 0.95	5:33PM 0.74		6:29AM 0.90	6:24PM 0.97		7:31AM 0.83		7:31PM 0.96	8:26AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	6	3	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	3	3	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	12	11	14	14	15	13
Low °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	9	10	12	9	11	11	8	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	9	8	7	10	12	10	8	8	10	9	12	11	9	9	8	13	11	13	10
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:50
Sunset	-	10:00	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:07	-	-	10:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	1.1 W	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 W	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 W	0.8 W	-	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.7 W	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	-	12	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	10	12	12	-	11	10	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.6 W	-	0.6 W	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	12	-	12	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	-	1.9 WNW	-	1.3 W	1.9 W	2.3 W	-	-	-	1.8 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	4	4	11	8	12	12	-	-	3	3	3	-	6	-	6	9	11	-	-	-	9	10

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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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	The Peak Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	582	784	490	334	447	787	1110	984	1048	966	631	1002	1145	2395	1640	2980	2253	1087	1530	1268	1087	1031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State	mid-flow	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:30AM 2.84				9:03PM 2.74				9:13AM 2.66				9:38PM 2.88				9:53AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)					2:42PM 0.54				3:08AM 0.71				3:13PM 0.66				3:49AM 0.81				3:57PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	7	1	1	2	1	4	1	-	1	2	1	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	11	10	12	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	7	10	11	11	10	8	9	8	9	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.7 W	2.3 WSW	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	2.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	0.6 W	-	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	-	6	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.5 SE	0.3 S	0.5 SE	2.0 W	2.1 W	-	1.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	4	3	3	11	11	-	8	12	12	13	9	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03
	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	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	3	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s)	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	10	11	10	10
Energy	608	1122	582	684	1101	784	600	428	490	490	559	334	414	462	447	575	1211	787	2157	954	1110	1015
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:37AM 2.77													9:03PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)														2:42PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	2	2	2	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	8	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.1 N	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	0.1 NE	1.7 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	11	11	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.1 N	0.9 W	0.9 W	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	-
Period (s)	14	14	6	14	14	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	13	4	4	4	-	4	-	4	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 W	0.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	2.3 WSW	0.3 S	2.5 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	2.2 W
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	13	3	4	4	4	4	11	3	10	3	3	10