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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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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	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Drumnacraig Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal
Rating	0	3	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	0.2 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	10	15	15	13	12	11	11	11	11	18	16
Energy(?)	1204	919	539	553	638	556	486	1826	1659	2432	3166	11	5444	3628	2573	583	406	240	132	91	124	3294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:45AM 2.42	4:07PM 2.39		4:31AM 2.67	4:21PM 2.63		5:07AM 2.92	5:21PM 2.79		5:15AM 3.33	5:35PM 3.00		5:53AM 3.45		6:14PM 3.14	6:40AM 3.50		6:46PM 3.23	7:11AM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)		9:14PM 1.21	9:57AM 1.12		10:07PM 0.98	10:40AM 0.89		10:46PM 0.72	11:15AM 0.64		10:53PM 0.55	11:27AM 0.46		11:42PM 0.29		12:11PM 0.23	12:10AM 0.13		12:49PM 0.08	12:41AM 0.03		1:20PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	1	-	-	-	2	7	1	2	5	16	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	4	6
High °C	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	8	7	8	7	6	7	6	6	5	3	4	4	4	4	3
Low °C	4	4	5	5	4	4	2	3	6	7	7	3	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3
Chill °C (?)	-2	-2	1	0	5	1	-2	4	3	3	2	1	2	1	3	1	-2	-2	-3	-2	-2	-3
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 N	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.3 N	2.4 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	0.2 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	16	14	8	13	14	12	12	9	12	13	-	10	15	15	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 W	0.3 N
Period (s)	9	10	13	16	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	9	10	11	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	-	1.2 N	-	-	0.6 SSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.5 N	1.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	8	-	-	3	12	-	-	13	15	12	11	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	983	1043	968	782	784	682	692	442	423	406	414	436	589	591	531	506	486	208	218	1826	595	941
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross
Tide State(?)	high	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
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 2.30	3:10PM 2.19				3:45AM 2.42				4:07PM 2.39				4:21AM 2.72				4:47PM 2.60				5:07AM 2.92
Low Tide / height (m)				9:14PM 1.21				9:57AM 1.12				9:38PM 1.02				10:31AM 0.91				10:33PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	1
Temp. °C	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	3	5	4	2	2	7	8	8
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	4	0	1	-2	-5	-6	3	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 N	1.5 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	0.2 W	-	-	0.5 N	-	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.9 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	8	18	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	3	9	7	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	12	-	-

	Thursday 12											Friday 13
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1129	1201	1204	1226	1040	1043	1276	998	968	936	928	919	1373	1543	1401	1375	1101	682	682	947	539	539
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				3:10PM 2.19												3:33AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)										9:14PM 1.21												9:57AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Chill °C (?)	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	1	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.3 N	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	1.5 ENE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.9 NE	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	5	-	-