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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	Sun		Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sun
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Murder Hole Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Murder Hole Beach Donegal	The Peak Donegal
Rating	0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period(s)	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	15	13	12	12	11	14	13	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	478	516	375	324	163	114	91	177	276	529	319	586	1541	2962	1520	972	584	561	631	821	593	617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:09AM 2.96		7:39PM 3.16	8:05AM 2.63		8:00PM 3.23	8:15AM 2.81		8:38PM 3.17	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:51AM 2.53		10:14PM 2.86	10:35AM 2.41		11:06PM 2.69	11:26AM 2.32
Low Tide / height (m)		1:06AM 0.51		1:15PM 0.50	1:45AM 0.55		2:07PM 0.49	2:08AM 0.63		2:42PM 0.54	2:47AM 0.73		3:13PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		3:51PM 0.74		4:33AM 0.90	4:34PM 0.83		5:23AM 0.95	4:51PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	4	1	-	-	2	3	3	5	2	1	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3
High °C	14	14	15	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	15
Low °C	13	13	14	13	12	12	13	11	13	13	11	12	12	11	11	13	10	11	13	10	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	9:58	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	15	13	4	-	-	-	-	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	8	-	7	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.5 W	2.1 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	2	5	3	12	12	11	14	13	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	3

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal
Rating	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	15	10	13
Energy	478	624	615	516	214	201	375	335	324	311	297	163	120	200	114	118	91	70	95	177	561	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)		6:56PM 3.17					7:09AM 2.96				7:35PM 3.15				8:05AM 2.63				8:21PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)					1:17AM 0.50				1:15PM 0.50				1:53AM 0.54				2:07PM 0.49				2:19AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	11	12	11
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	12	11	12	13	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	11	12	10	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	9:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	15	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	-	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	7	7	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	-	7	7	17	16	-	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	4	5	-	-

	Sunday 31										Monday 01
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal
Rating	0	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	560	478	478	470	469	624	614	604	615	601	516	516	259	254	214	204	201	201	307	250	375	352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:56PM 3.17													7:31AM 2.68
Low Tide / height (m)													1:17AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	3	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-