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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Marble Hill Strand Donegal
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.9 NW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	6	6	6	8	7	9	11	11	12	11	9	7
Energy	933	944	669	469	287	207	117	57	20	20	67	129	135	99	79	305	441	262	300	1611	1250	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 2.86		3:39PM 2.69	3:56AM 2.94	4:25AM 2.62	4:36PM 2.76		5:02AM 2.88	5:27PM 2.85		5:47AM 2.68	6:03PM 2.96		6:17AM 2.93	6:21PM 3.12		6:57AM 2.70	6:48PM 3.24		7:31AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)		8:46PM 0.88	9:31AM 0.68		9:36PM 0.81	10:39AM 0.57		10:33PM 0.71	11:09AM 0.56		11:08PM 0.64	11:51AM 0.47		12:04AM 0.55	12:18PM 0.49		12:47AM 0.47	12:59PM 0.44		1:06AM 0.51		1:23PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	4	-	-	3	-	3
High °C	15	12	17	19	13	17	21	16	19	22	14	15	14	13	11	14	13	14	16	14	16	16
Low °C	14	12	15	18	12	14	20	15	16	17	13	14	13	12	11	13	11	12	14	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	11	16	19	12	16	21	15	19	22	13	14	12	12	8	13	12	13	16	13	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-
Sunset	9:50	-	-	9:50	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:54	-	-	9:57	-	-	9:54	-	-	9:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.2 N	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	10	9	9	7	7	9	11	11	12	9	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	19	4	7	6	6	5	8	4	12	8	10	13	7	7	-	-	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.6 E	0.2 ESE	-	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	3	2	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	3	4	11	9	11

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	933	902	827	944	944	537	669	533	469	415	356	287	267	215	207	101	117	106	78	57	56	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 2.43				3:11AM 2.86				3:39PM 2.69					4:04AM 2.89				4:36PM 2.76				4:49AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 0.88				9:31AM 0.68				9:36PM 0.81					10:31AM 0.62				10:33PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	14	12	12	12	14	15	18	19	18	12	12	11	12	14	19	21	20	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	11	10	14	14	18	19	17	10	10	9	10	13	19	21	20	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	9:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 NNE	0.5 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	19	19	4	7	7	7	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	3	3	3

	Monday 25	Tuesday 26
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 W
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	988	972	933	918	827	902	827	827	827	827	925	944	944	944	944	928	928	537	828	777	669	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:55PM 2.49													3:11AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)								8:46PM 0.88													9:31AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	12	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-