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.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Preloading...

16 day forecast maps are a premium feature
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Donegal Photos

Donegal Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.7 N	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.5 W
Period(s)	9	9	7	10	10	12	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6
Energy	516	307	91	104	87	59	88	221	301	141	235	277	257	325	203	206	133	61	71	39	59	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 3.05		6:35AM 3.35	6:59PM 3.54	7:10PM 3.47	7:36AM 3.29		7:44PM 3.67	8:26AM 3.20		8:43PM 3.64	9:10AM 3.13		9:41PM 3.47	9:52AM 2.92		10:34PM 3.31	11:05AM 2.43		11:34PM 2.86	11:59AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49AM 0.20		12:27AM 0.14	12:37PM 0.12		1:19AM 0.05		1:15PM 0.10	1:55AM 0.05		2:30PM 0.11	2:57AM 0.11		3:18PM 0.18	3:58AM 0.25		3:55PM 0.35		5:01AM 0.41	4:55PM 0.51		5:51AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	8	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	16	17	15	16	15	13	17	16	13	15	16	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13
Low °C	11	14	12	14	16	13	14	14	11	14	16	12	15	15	12	13	13	11	13	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	13	13	16	17	15	16	15	12	17	16	11	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	10	11	11
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:48
Sunset	-	10:10	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:15	-	-	10:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.0 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	1.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	-	0.5 W	0.8 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	7	10	9	11	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	-	7	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	9	8	10	6	6	6	6	6	-	8	10	9	-	-	8	8	-	-	9	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.6 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 W	1.0 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	10	10	10	9	9	12	9	11	11	11	10	10
Energy	235	445	516	342	307	242	115	91	62	50	104	51	87	81	82	59	55	89	88	114	221	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 3.28				6:04PM 3.41				6:46AM 3.30				6:59PM 3.54					7:36AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)				11:43AM 0.17				12:27AM 0.14				12:48PM 0.13					1:19AM 0.05				1:15PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	10	10	11	15	14	18	14	13	12	12	14	15	17	16	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	14	13	18	13	12	10	10	13	14	17	16	14	14	14	12	16	16	15	13
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	6	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 14
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Muckros 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	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 W	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8
Energy	284	240	235	231	313	445	445	516	516	461	455	342	338	296	307	307	249	242	221	182	115	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:28AM 3.34													6:04PM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)											11:49AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	15	16	17	14	14	18	18	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	14	15	17	13	13	18	18	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 W	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 NNW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-