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 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Malin Mor Left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Marble Hill Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 N	0.7 NNW
Period(s)	8	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	9	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	10
Energy	839	3482	2002	1260	629	484	185	78	58	90	58	81	252	153	260	366	369	227	127	71	88	140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:39PM 2.88		4:59AM 3.10	5:30PM 3.11		5:31AM 3.25	5:59PM 3.50		6:46AM 3.30	6:59PM 3.54	7:10PM 3.47	7:36AM 3.29		7:59PM 3.55	8:31AM 2.93		8:54PM 3.27	9:20AM 2.78		9:41PM 3.47	10:05AM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)		10:39PM 0.51	11:10AM 0.32		11:15PM 0.34	11:39AM 0.18		12:27AM 0.14	12:48PM 0.13		1:19AM 0.05		1:25PM 0.10	2:11AM 0.04		2:30PM 0.11	3:11AM 0.11		3:12PM 0.21	3:58AM 0.25		4:02PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	11	15	12	18	19	15	16	12	14	15	15	13	15	17	16	16	16
Low °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	15	18	14	15	11	12	15	14	11	14	15	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	7	8	8	10	14	11	18	19	14	16	12	13	14	14	12	15	17	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	10:10	-	-	10:10	-	-	10:10	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:15	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	1.7 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 N	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	10	9	9	8	9	10	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	9	9	8	7	7	12	6	6	5	8	11	-	10	10	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	12	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Malin Mor Left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 NNW	0.8 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Energy	839	2222	3070	3482	2948	2277	2002	1547	1260	1054	719	629	480	302	484	495	185	229	204	78	65	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:39PM 2.88				4:59AM 3.10				5:30PM 3.11				5:28AM 3.34				6:04PM 3.41				6:46AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)				10:39PM 0.51				11:10AM 0.32				11:15PM 0.34				11:49AM 0.20				12:27AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	13	14	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48
Sunset	-	-	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 NNW	0.8 W	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.1 W	0.7 NNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12	Saturday 13
	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	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	575	700	839	839	2222	2222	2530	2705	3070	3122	3417	3482	3299	3121	2948	2781	2424	2277	2239	2037	2002	1807
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				4:39PM 2.88												4:59AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)										10:39PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	9	8	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12