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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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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Muckros Donegal
Rating	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	9	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	0.2 NNW	5.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	19	19	19	17	-	-	14	12	12	17	16	16	14	13	12	11	10	14	12	12
Energy(?)	3370	11	20995	19155	18684	11190	0	0	2542	1485	1976	6524	5485	3966	1512	923	555	153	185	215	270	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:23PM 2.79		4:46AM 2.94	5:02PM 2.87		5:33AM 3.01	5:49PM 2.89		6:08AM 3.09	6:00PM 2.96		6:21AM 3.32		6:35PM 2.94	7:18AM 3.14		7:31PM 2.84	7:54AM 3.11		8:06PM 2.76	8:21AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)	10:11AM 0.78		10:26PM 0.66	10:51AM 0.67		11:02PM 0.59	11:39AM 0.58		11:49PM 0.51			11:56PM 0.46		12:29PM 0.54	12:29AM 0.45		1:26PM 0.53	1:30AM 0.44		2:02PM 0.57	2:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	1	6	4	2	-	1	1	-	-	2	5	3	-	1	2	-	2	1	-
High °C	12	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	8	6	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	9	8
Low °C	11	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	7	6	5	8	7	5	7	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	7	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	4	2	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6
Sunrise	8:53	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:56	-	-	8:56	-	-	8:55
Sunset	-	4:00	-	-	4:00	-	-	4:00	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:09	-	-	4:07	-	-	4:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.1 W	5.5 W	5.0 W	5.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	5.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 W
Period (s)	12	12	19	19	19	17	-	16	14	12	12	17	16	16	14	13	12	11	10	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.7 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.6 W	0.2 N	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	7	10	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 WNW	-	1.0 S	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	3

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	0.2 N	-	-	-	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	-	5.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	13	10	-	-	-	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	-	15
Energy(?)	3694	4370	3370	2942	2893	4753	8	0	0	0	19155	17951	17083	14665	12518	11190	12169	12237	12127	12835	0	12013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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)						4:23PM 2.79				4:57AM 2.89				4:47PM 2.90				5:33AM 3.01				5:38PM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)				10:11AM 0.78				10:38PM 0.65				10:39AM 0.71				11:14PM 0.58				11:39AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	6	1	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	8	9	12	11	10	9	7	7	7	7	6	9	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	2	4	9	7	6	5	4	3	2	3	2	4	1	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	0.2 N	3.5 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	3.5 WNW	5.0 WNW	6.0 WNW	5.5 WNW	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	5.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	-	-	-	5.0 WNW	5.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	10	15	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	-	-	-	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	0.6 S	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	13	4	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	16	16	-	-

	Wednesday 17
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	0.2 N	5.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	10	17
Energy(?)	3418	3673	3694	3698	4361	4370	3	11	11	10	1430	1407	1407	1407	1385	1681	1884	2107	2106	5863	8	15038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	4:36PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	0	1	2	2	4	4	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	5.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	13	13	4	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-