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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal
Rating	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	3	2	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.3 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	9	9	8	16	7	7	8	15	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	9
Energy	254	117	45	22	19	44	226	296	202	75	624	662	747	463	511	348	324	121	361	346	341	381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 2.76		5:02AM 2.88	5:27PM 2.85		5:41AM 2.91	6:03PM 2.96		6:10AM 3.00	6:21PM 3.12		6:57AM 2.70			7:10AM 2.98		7:45PM 3.09	8:02AM 2.86		8:21PM 3.05	8:21AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)	10:39AM 0.57		10:44PM 0.69	11:09AM 0.56		11:18PM 0.63	11:44AM 0.51		11:53PM 0.56	12:11PM 0.50		12:47AM 0.47	12:59PM 0.44		1:00AM 0.52		1:15PM 0.50	1:53AM 0.54		2:01PM 0.53	2:30AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	2	1	-	-	-	5	9	1	-	-	1
High °C	17	22	16	18	19	15	13	14	13	13	15	13	14	13	14	17	14	13	12	12	12	13
Low °C	14	20	13	16	19	13	13	14	13	12	14	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	12	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	16	22	15	17	19	14	10	12	11	11	14	12	12	11	14	17	13	12	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	5:01	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	9:53	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:54	-	-	9:57	-	-	9:58	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	18	8	8	10	10	10	12	11	11	10	10	12	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.9 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	19	7	7	6	6	10	14	-	7	7	12	7	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNE	0.3 ESE	-	-	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 W	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	2	-	-	6	7	7	-	3	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 27							Thursday 28								Friday 29
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	16	6	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	267	207	254	104	117	97	85	45	43	41	22	21	19	14	19	44	34	98	226	299	296	262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	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
High Tide / height (m)		4:18AM 2.84				4:36PM 2.76				5:09AM 2.65				5:27PM 2.85				5:47AM 2.68				6:03PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)				10:31AM 0.62				10:44PM 0.69				11:09AM 0.56				11:18PM 0.63				11:44AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	14	19	22	20	17	16	14	13	16	18	19	19	13	15	14	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	11	13	19	22	20	16	15	13	11	15	17	19	19	12	14	12	12	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.0 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 NW	-	0.1 W	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	6	7	9	-	18	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	19	19	19	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	8	10	14	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	4	4	4	2	2	4	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	3	7	7	7	7

	Wednesday 27
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	321	272	267	262	226	207	218	254	254	254	104	104	146	117	117	115	122	97	96	86	85	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:04AM 2.89												4:36PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)										10:39AM 0.57												10:33PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	15	17	19	20	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	12	13	14	17	19	20	21	22	21	21	20	19	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 NW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4