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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tullaghan (Leitrim) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Trá Mór (Sheephaven Bay) Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal
Rating	1	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	3	4	2	4	3	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W
Period(s)	10	9	9	15	13	12	12	11	13	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9
Energy	94	114	173	262	751	397	236	496	1070	2691	771	1201	712	487	515	2488	1341	1163	799	438	191	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:05AM 2.63		8:00PM 3.23	8:27AM 2.82		8:59PM 2.98	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:32AM 2.56		10:11PM 2.85	10:25AM 2.49		11:03PM 2.75	11:21AM 2.39		11:47PM 2.71	12:31PM 2.07		12:56AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.56		2:01PM 0.53	2:08AM 0.63		2:42PM 0.54	3:08AM 0.71		3:13PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		3:44PM 0.75		4:21AM 0.92	4:15PM 0.80		5:16AM 0.96	5:30PM 0.83		6:29AM 0.90	6:24PM 0.97
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	5	10	3	8	3	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	11	12	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	14	12	12	15	16	11	12	12	11
Low °C	12	13	12	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12	9	14	15	11	11	12	9
Chill °C (?)	14	12	11	10	10	10	8	9	11	7	11	10	10	14	12	11	13	15	10	10	10	9
Sunrise	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.3 N	-	-	1.8 W	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	2.0 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	1.2 W
Period (s)	10	9	7	7	13	12	12	5	-	-	11	12	10	11	11	-	-	8	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	7	18	15	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	7	12	-	-	10	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 W	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 NNW	1.4 W	1.8 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSE	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	3	4	4	11	13	12	-	-	2	4	4	11	10	10	-	3	3	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.4 W	1.8 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	15	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Energy	160	94	120	156	114	90	173	101	281	262	796	1002	751	615	397	251	194	236	234	280	496	895
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:49PM 2.85				8:05AM 2.63				8:25PM 2.81				8:27AM 2.82				8:59PM 2.98				9:13AM 2.66
Low Tide / height (m)			1:53AM 0.54				2:01PM 0.53				2:14AM 0.63				2:42PM 0.54				3:08AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	2	-	1	2	3	2	1	2
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	10	11	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	10	12	11	11	10	10	8	9	9	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:01	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.2 W	1.0 W	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	7	7	9	16	7	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	5	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	7	8	7	18	18	17	7	15	14	7	8	8	13	5	-	-	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	5	9	-	-	-	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	11	12

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	203	132	160	94	94	94	240	92	120	160	154	156	123	116	114	86	90	90	116	141	173	173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:39PM 3.16													8:05AM 2.63
Low Tide / height (m)							1:37AM 0.55													2:01PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	10	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	9	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9