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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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 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	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	14	13	12	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	15	13	13	13	12	11	13	13
Energy(?)	908	1250	945	2626	2519	1409	1299	2287	4813	4986	2670	1693	1481	1743	1810	1833	1502	1193	400	512	1426	1510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:48PM 3.34	6:53AM 3.71		7:20PM 3.32	7:38AM 3.55		7:56PM 3.16	8:11AM 3.27		8:25PM 3.02	8:41AM 3.01		8:51PM 2.92	9:05AM 2.79		9:24PM 2.71	9:42AM 2.52		10:06PM 2.47	10:22AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)		12:39PM -0.04	12:43AM -0.03		12:56PM 0.01	1:16AM 0.04		1:48PM 0.13	1:55AM 0.18		2:17PM 0.32	2:28AM 0.40		2:47PM 0.56	2:55AM 0.67		3:17PM 0.82		3:32AM 0.96	3:54PM 1.08		4:05AM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	2
High °C	9	11	10	5	7	7	7	8	6	9	10	10	10	11	9	8	8	7	7	9	8	8
Low °C	8	11	7	5	7	6	5	7	3	6	9	5	9	10	8	7	7	5	5	9	7	5
Chill °C (?)	6	8	6	-1	3	3	4	4	2	6	7	7	6	10	9	4	4	4	2	4	3	4
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	-	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	1.8 WNW	1.2 NW	1.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	12	13	12	-	14	13	12	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	15	13	13	13	12	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NW	-	0.3 NNW	0.7 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	18	-	10	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 S	2.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	14	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Marble Hill Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	1.4 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.4 NW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1332	1289	1250	1356	581	1285	1055	2118	2626	3240	2519	2030	1471	1409	1467	1692	1046	1290	1881	1939	4058	4813
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					6:35PM 3.39				7:10AM 3.62				7:26PM 3.24				7:41AM 3.48				7:50PM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)			12:39PM -0.04				12:47AM -0.05				1:18PM 0.00				1:16AM 0.04				1:41PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	9	11	10	10	9	7	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	8	8	6	5
Chill °C (?)	4	6	8	7	6	6	3	3	-1	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	2	0
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	-	-	2.5 NW	0.3 NNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	-	-	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 NW	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	19	17	16	11	-	-	10	-	10	7	6	9	6	6	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	2.5 NW	3.0 NW	-	2.4 NW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	3	4	-	-	14	14	-	13	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Wednesday 04																	Thursday 05
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Marble Hill Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	0.9 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16
Energy(?)	570	908	908	1288	677	1289	236	1024	972	911	868	836	836	839	1157	1419	1025	1285	1557	2007	1343	2548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)													6:55PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)							12:43PM -0.06												12:43AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	2	1
High °C	6	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	7	6
Chill °C (?)	3	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	7	6	2	1
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 NW	2.3 W
Period (s)	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.3 NW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	1.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	13	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	2.4 W	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	11	3