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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	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Maghera Strand Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 W	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.8 NNW	1.6 NW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	15	14	14	13	12	7	9	10	6	8	9	9	8	8	9	7	10	10
Energy(?)	157	157	79	77	102	88	138	111	75	179	241	156	245	938	1028	905	557	231	303	500	1184	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:50AM 2.46		3:05PM 2.84		3:36AM 2.63	3:48PM 2.92		4:13AM 2.79	4:05PM 3.06		4:35AM 2.99	4:39PM 3.10		5:01AM 3.12	5:06PM 3.14		5:47AM 3.12		6:01PM 3.04	6:18AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 0.77	8:41AM 0.84		9:22PM 0.64	9:29AM 0.71		9:59PM 0.53	10:08AM 0.59		10:20PM 0.45	10:33AM 0.52		10:45PM 0.38	11:01AM 0.47		11:31PM 0.38	11:51AM 0.41		12:02AM 0.40		12:04PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	2	4	-	-	2	3	3
High °C	8	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	8	8	8	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	9
Low °C	8	8	8	8	7	9	9	8	8	8	5	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	6	8
Chill °C (?)	3	4	3	4	5	6	7	8	5	7	7	2	2	2	0	0	3	4	5	5	2	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:03	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	4:28	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:20	-	-	4:23	-	-	4:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 NNW	1.2 N	1.0 N	0.3 NW	0.3 N	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.1 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	15	14	14	13	7	7	9	7	12	12	11	12	11	8	9	-	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	-	1.0 W	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	16	18	15	13	11	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	10	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.7 N	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 NNW	-	0.5 SW	2.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	6	6	3	5	5	6	-	7	10	6	8	9	9	8	-	3	7	-	-

	Friday 14			Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.5 NE	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 N	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	12
Energy(?)	157	152	167	157	153	235	79	73	44	128	136	135	148	126	226	145	138	137	123	143	184	91
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:11PM 2.76				2:50AM 2.46									3:17AM 2.66				3:48PM 2.92				3:52AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)			8:37PM 0.77				8:41AM 0.84					9:11PM 0.65				9:06AM 0.87				9:59PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	4	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.1 NW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	16	7	7	6	7	7	6	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 N	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	18	16	-	15	15	13	16	15	15	11	11	9	10	9	8	8	8	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.5 NNE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.3 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	11	4	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Friday 14											Saturday 15
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.6 N	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 N
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	232	166	157	167	169	152	155	157	167	157	183	155	146	146	144	60	246	235	235	79	79	52
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:11PM 2.76												2:29AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)									8:37PM 0.77												8:41AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	6
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.2 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.6 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	16	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	-	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	4	4	5