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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	Thu		Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	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	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Tullan Strand Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	2	2	2	4	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	8
Energy	274	313	235	202	218	84	173	207	210	257	1487	663	833	847	913	807	257	295	111	51	40	18
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:34PM 3.27	11:17AM 2.63		11:57PM 2.95	12:38PM 2.39		1:11AM 2.84		2:03PM 2.13	2:01AM 2.93		2:42PM 2.43	3:03AM 2.92		4:09PM 2.34		4:04AM 2.89	4:48PM 2.71		4:42AM 2.96	5:27PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	4:08PM 0.54		5:03AM 0.59	5:19PM 0.71		6:25AM 0.74	6:36PM 0.77		7:42AM 0.79		7:25PM 0.90	8:31AM 0.70		8:37PM 0.88	9:35AM 0.69		9:55PM 0.77	10:19AM 0.62		10:44PM 0.69	10:53AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	6	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	17	15	17	18	13	16	17	16	18	18	16	16	14	12	14	13	17	22	24	21	19	20
Low °C	16	13	15	17	11	13	16	13	15	17	12	14	13	11	12	12	14	19	23	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	18	12	15	16	16	18	18	16	16	13	12	13	12	17	22	24	21	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-
Sunset	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:45	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:50	-	-	9:50	-	-	9:52	-	-	9:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.0 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	6	9	9	9	9	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	-	10	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	19	7	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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	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	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy	274	212	310	313	267	200	235	294	202	225	189	218	107	219	84	123	173	201	325	207	220	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:34PM 3.27				11:28AM 2.30				11:57PM 2.95				12:44PM 2.16					1:11AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 0.54				5:11AM 0.59				5:25PM 0.65				6:34AM 0.70				6:36PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	14	13	12	15	18	18	16	13	12	11	11	13	16	17	16	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	15	13	12	11	10	14	18	18	16	12	10	9	9	11	15	16	16	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:45	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	6	6	9	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	4	6	4	-	-	12	-	10	9	-	16	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	3	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21										Friday 22
	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	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Maghera Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	352	206	274	200	264	212	166	166	310	310	310	313	371	218	267	382	390	200	284	284	235	235
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										10:32PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)				4:16PM 0.53												4:56AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	7	11	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3