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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	7	5	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	-	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	-
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	13	14	-	14	13	13	13	-	14	13	13	12	12	14	-
Energy(?)	908	1250	1013	2105	2260	1350	1041	2023	3281	0	2689	1736	1173	1383	0	1796	1422	1491	704	2128	2121	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:39PM 3.31	7:03AM 3.69		7:20PM 3.32	7:20AM 3.69		7:38PM 3.26	8:11AM 3.27		8:25PM 3.02	8:41AM 3.01		8:55PM 2.85	9:12AM 2.73		9:24PM 2.71	9:46AM 2.45		10:10PM 2.40	10:35AM 2.18
Low Tide / height (m)		12:31PM -0.04	12:33AM -0.03		1:11PM 0.00	1:16AM 0.04		1:41PM 0.13	1:31AM 0.23		2:17PM 0.32	2:28AM 0.40		2:47PM 0.56		3:01AM 0.66	3:11PM 0.82		3:38AM 0.95	3:54PM 1.08		4:27AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	10	-	-	-	-	3	7	-
High °C	9	11	10	7	7	7	7	9	6	8	10	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	7	8	9	8
Low °C	7	10	7	5	7	6	6	8	2	3	9	6	10	10	7	8	7	6	6	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	6	8	6	2	2	3	4	6	2	4	7	7	9	7	9	6	5	4	2	3	5	4
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	14	14	13	12	13	14	16	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	0.3 NNW	-	0.8 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	18	11	-	7	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	14	13	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 S	-	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 05								Friday 06
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Drumnacraig Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 NNW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	0.4 NNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	523	570	1332	1289	1250	1114	581	1285	1553	41	2105	2474	2260	1764	1632	1350	1470	1379	1041	1093	1550	1939
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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)							6:35PM 3.39				7:10AM 3.62				7:26PM 3.24				7:41AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)					12:39PM -0.04				12:25AM 0.04				1:18PM 0.00				1:16AM 0.04				1:48PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	4	5	7	9	10	11	10	10	8	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	9	8
Chill °C (?)	-1	2	4	6	8	8	6	7	6	5	2	-1	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.2 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	2.4 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 N	0.2 WNW	0.8 NW	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	12	12	19	17	11	11	11	-	-	-	7	7	7	6	6	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	14	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 04
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Drumnacraig Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 W	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 W	1.1 WNW	1.2 W	1.0 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	12	10	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	608	704	629	781	658	694	199	908	528	304	1153	967	955	1024	972	1006	1130	1114	925	839	822	822
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																			6:55PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)													12:47PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	-1	0	0	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	7	8	9	8	8	8	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 W	1.1 NNW	1.2 W	1.0 NNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.4 NW	1.1 WNW	0.3 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	3