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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	Wed	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Loughros Beg Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Trá Mór (Sheephaven Bay) Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	6	5	4	4	4	0	9	4	4	3	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	-	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	12	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	18	16	14	13	17	-	14	13	13	12	11
Energy(?)	1121	527	307	153	6476	7251	2241	1701	1609	2123	3842	7338	3398	1468	888	1369	0	812	426	289	192	108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:38AM 2.58		3:17PM 2.64		3:51AM 2.85	4:23PM 2.84		4:48AM 3.16	5:15PM 3.03		5:36AM 3.43	6:00PM 3.16		6:19AM 3.62		6:19PM 3.25	6:36AM 3.95		7:07PM 3.29	7:14AM 3.88		7:36PM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)		8:28AM 0.94		9:23PM 0.77	10:02AM 0.62		10:23PM 0.54	10:59AM 0.35		11:12PM 0.30	11:48AM 0.14		11:56PM 0.11		12:09PM 0.03	12:08AM 0.07		12:54PM -0.01	1:00AM -0.02		1:27PM 0.04	1:24AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	2	1	-	5
High °C	7	7	7	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	7	8	7
Low °C	6	7	6	4	7	8	7	6	7	6	6	6	5	7	5	5	6	7	5	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	3	2	1	0	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	1
Sunrise	-	8:27	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	2.4 W	0.9 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.9 W	1.6 W	1.3 W	1.8 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	18	17	16	16	15	14	21	18	16	14	13	17	15	14	13	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	3	3	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3

	Wed	Thursday 29								Friday 30								Saturday 31
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballymastocker 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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Loughros Beg Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	-	1.6 W	0.5 SE	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	-	16	3	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	0	1206	4	651	527	378	307	241	163	153	215	1275	3680	4703	5729	3341	4156	4541	4069	1909	1701	1701
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:38AM 2.58					3:17PM 2.64				3:51AM 2.85				3:53PM 2.89				4:20AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:06PM 0.92				8:50AM 0.87					9:23PM 0.77				10:02AM 0.62				10:02PM 0.55				10:37AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	4	5	5	6	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	-1	-2	-1	-1	0	4	5	4	3	3	4	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.4 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	15	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	16	12	21	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballymastocker 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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Loughros Beg Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SE	1.9 W	-	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	3	15	-	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	6	1657	0	1254	1121	1121	1074	936	924	811	800	651	642	534	711	445	595	683	577	277	273	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									2:38AM 2.58												2:43PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)		7:41PM 0.94	8:06PM 0.92												8:26AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	1.9 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4