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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Tullaghan (Leitrim) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tullan Strand Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	1	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	9	15	13	12	12	11	13	12	11	11	11	11	6	11	10	10	11	10
Energy	359	324	244	126	141	265	573	362	533	746	1491	2580	1811	1164	332	202	377	1027	808	637	1144	363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:31PM 3.18	7:55AM 2.93		8:00PM 3.23	8:30AM 2.84		9:03PM 2.74	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:46AM 2.60		9:59PM 3.00	10:35AM 2.41		10:44PM 2.92	11:21AM 2.39		12:02AM 2.42	12:28PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)		1:15PM 0.50	1:37AM 0.55		2:01PM 0.53	2:08AM 0.63		2:36PM 0.59	3:15AM 0.67		3:13PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		4:01PM 0.60		4:33AM 0.90	4:34PM 0.83		5:16AM 0.96	5:30PM 0.83		6:21AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	10	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	-	4	2	-	-	2	-	7	1
High °C	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	14	16	14	11
Low °C	14	13	12	12	13	11	12	13	11	12	11	10	11	12	11	12	11	9	10	16	13	11
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	9	7	7	9	12	10	9	8	8	12	15	13	8
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:01	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:01	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	1.0 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	-	-	2.5 W	2.2 WNW	1.2 W	0.9 WNW	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.2 W	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	7	8	13	12	12	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	11	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.4 NW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	7	18	15	8	-	-	-	-	-	13	11	-	7	-	-	-	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SE	-	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	2.2 W	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	3	-	13	12	-	-	3	4	6	-	3	4	4	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	5	6	15	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	214	253	359	335	324	171	203	244	160	125	126	90	141	60	158	265	1122	1004	573	402	362	410
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off
Tide State	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:10AM 2.98				7:39PM 3.16				7:55AM 2.93				8:21PM 3.05				8:30AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)					1:15PM 0.50				1:45AM 0.55				2:01PM 0.53				2:12AM 0.62				2:36PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	13	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 W	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	17	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	18	7	16	15	7	9	8	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	-	0.4 S	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	6	-	3	-	3	-	-	-

	Monday 01
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Maghera Strand Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	259	254	214	204	201	253	253	359	359	352	341	335	329	330	324	318	231	171	203	203	203	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:31AM 2.68												7:39PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)													1:09PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	13	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-