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			Mon
	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	Curransport Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	The Peak Donegal	The Peak Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Murder Hole Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal
Rating	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	4	1	3	0	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	9	15	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	9	10	10	10	9	11
Energy	324	244	126	113	237	749	366	517	665	1061	2918	859	617	612	512	935	1590	664	736	388	225	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:31PM 3.18	7:55AM 2.93		8:00PM 3.23	8:21AM 2.83		8:59PM 2.98	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:32AM 2.56		10:20PM 2.78	10:29AM 2.48		11:10PM 2.47	11:26AM 2.32		11:57PM 2.64	12:22PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37AM 0.55		2:01PM 0.53	2:08AM 0.63		2:42PM 0.54	3:08AM 0.71		3:13PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		3:21PM 0.76		4:26AM 0.91	4:40PM 0.76		5:23AM 0.95	5:30PM 0.83		6:34AM 0.82	6:30PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	3	8	4	6	2	2	2	2	2	-	-	2	-	-	2	13	1	-
High °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	13	12	10	14	15	13	14	15
Low °C	14	13	13	12	10	11	13	11	12	11	10	11	13	10	11	11	8	13	14	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	8	11	12	11	11	10	8	12	14	13	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-
Sunset	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	0.9 W	1.5 W	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 ESE	0.6 NW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	7	7	13	12	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	11	7	8	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.6 W	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.6 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	8	7	18	15	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.0 E	2.0 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	12	11	12	12	-	-	-	4	11	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.0 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	15	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	324	311	167	244	67	125	126	90	113	82	107	237	743	522	749	546	366	345	393	517	614	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on
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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			7:39PM 3.16				7:55AM 2.93				8:25PM 2.81				8:21AM 2.83				8:59PM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15PM 0.50				1:31AM 0.56				2:01PM 0.53				2:14AM 0.63				2:42PM 0.54				3:08AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	3	1	1	3	1	1
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	13	13	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	13	13	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	11	11	9	8	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	1.1 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	0.3 ESE	1.2 W	-	-	1.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	7	10	13	13	13	12	4	12	-	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	8	7	7	18	17	16	15	14	6	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	1.1 W	-	1.4 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	12	-	12	11	6

	Monday 01	Tuesday 02
	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	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	280	265	324	216	312	311	132	132	167	163	245	244	240	92	67	160	159	125	125	128	126	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:45PM 3.09												7:55AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)	1:09PM 0.48												1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:59	10:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 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	0.2 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-