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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	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Malin Mor Left Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Tullan Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tullan Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Tullan Strand Donegal	Trá Na Rosan Donegal
Rating	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 W	3.5 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	8	8	7	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	12	14	15	14	13	12	12
Energy	297	274	68	596	284	487	470	516	243	54	205	156	91	351	215	487	5054	10329	7718	3512	1311	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:03PM 2.96		6:10AM 3.00	6:26PM 3.10		6:52AM 2.94			7:10AM 2.98		7:28PM 3.16	7:43AM 2.86		8:07PM 3.15	8:15AM 2.81		8:38PM 3.17	8:57AM 2.71		9:32PM 2.96	9:32AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)		11:53PM 0.56	12:11PM 0.50		12:41AM 0.51	12:52PM 0.48		1:06AM 0.51			1:34AM 0.55		1:53PM 0.54	2:14AM 0.63		2:36PM 0.59	2:47AM 0.73		3:02PM 0.66	3:41AM 0.82		3:48PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	12	2	-	1	1	-	3	4	5
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	13	14	12	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	13	13
Low °C	14	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	11	13	11	9	10	12	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	14	14	11	12	10	13	14	11	10	13	12	12	9	5	9	8	10	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:01	-
Sunset	9:54	-	-	9:58	-	-	9:58	-	-	9:57	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:01	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	0.8 W	0.1 N	-	-	4.5 W	3.0 W	2.1 W	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	18	8	8	10	12	10	9	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	6	-	-	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 W	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	7	12	10	-	-	10	9	9	8	8	7	15	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.3 W	3.5 W	5.0 W	-	-	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	2	3	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	14	15	-	-	4	-

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	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period(s)	8	7	8	8	9	7	7	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	297	221	203	274	269	117	68	254	596	594	574	284	419	488	487	495	470	394	321	516	260	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		6:03PM 2.96				6:17AM 2.93				6:42PM 2.80				6:57AM 2.70					7:11PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)				11:53PM 0.56				12:11PM 0.50				12:41AM 0.51				12:52PM 0.48					1:17AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	14	13	14	13	12	11	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	13	10	11	13	12	13	12	10	9	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58
Sunset	-	9:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 NNW	1.3 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	18	8	8	8	9	7	8	10	10	12	12	12	10	12	10	9	9	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.9 W	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	11	11	8	8	9	7	7	12	7	10	10	4	10	-	-	-	8	8	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	-	1.2 WSW	-	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	3	-	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29										Saturday 30
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 W
Period(s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	7	8
Energy	329	293	297	249	281	221	221	555	203	280	280	274	271	244	269	261	101	117	132	101	68	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						6:03PM 2.96												6:17AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)											11:47PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	10	10	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 W	1.1 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	8	8	8	7	8	8	10	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.6 WNW	0.3 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	8	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-