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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	Thu	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Ballymastocker Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	2.0 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 WNW	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	0.1 N	1.3 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	0.1 N	2.3 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	11	14	17	17	9	14	13	12	11	13	14
Energy(?)	1387	1377	2495	3379	3139	1957	1803	2545	1503	819	1295	2	1194	9097	6784	2	2078	1266	984	1083	2571	1905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:31AM 3.48		7:37PM 3.43	7:49AM 3.41		8:25PM 3.20	8:39AM 3.13		8:46PM 3.15	8:51AM 3.03		9:17PM 2.98	9:24AM 2.76		9:52PM 2.77	10:16AM 2.43		10:43PM 2.47	11:04AM 2.19		11:52PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)	1:24AM 0.08		1:45PM 0.10	1:34AM 0.22		2:03PM 0.21	2:28AM 0.27		2:42PM 0.38	2:50AM 0.46		3:02PM 0.58	3:24AM 0.69		3:33PM 0.80		4:11AM 0.95	4:20PM 1.04		5:00AM 1.20	5:14PM 1.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	3	7	1	-	8	13	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	5	5	2	1	-
High °C	10	6	7	6	3	10	7	6	7	6	8	10	11	8	7	6	8	8	8	9	9	8
Low °C	7	5	7	5	2	7	5	6	7	4	6	9	9	6	6	4	7	7	8	8	9	5
Chill °C (?)	7	4	2	1	-1	6	2	0	2	3	3	6	8	5	7	5	4	3	4	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	2.0 WNW	0.4 N	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	-	1.6 NW	1.7 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.1 WNW	3.0 W	2.3 W
Period (s)	14	13	11	12	14	14	14	-	13	12	13	13	14	17	17	16	14	13	12	11	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	-	1.4 NW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.7 WNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	16	10	9	-	-	-	-	11	11	21	12	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 W	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	-	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	13	-	-	-	7	13	8	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 N	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	12	3053	1737	1397	1228	2232	1558	2169	2306	3379	3799	4036	3139	1569	2895	3627	1913	1803	1846	1826	2545	2672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:27PM 3.26				7:18AM 3.55				7:56PM 3.26				8:01AM 3.36				8:25PM 3.20				8:39AM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)			1:24AM 0.08				1:45PM 0.10				1:34AM 0.22				2:03PM 0.21				2:28AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	2	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	10	5	3	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	3	4	9	5	5	7	7	5	6	6
Chill °C (?)	4	4	5	7	6	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	-1	-1	5	0	-2	2	2	0	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 W	1.9 W	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	14	14	13	13	11	11	16	17	12	15	15	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	13	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.4 NW	0.2 N	0.3 N	1.5 WSW	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 N	0.8 N	-	-
Period (s)	16	8	8	-	-	11	-	10	10	16	10	9	10	-	12	-	-	-	6	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	3.0 NW	1.8 NNW	1.6 NNW	-	-	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	6	7	-	-	13	13

	Thursday 02				Friday 03
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 NNW	2.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	12	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	15	1527	709	656	1519	3053	1319	1749	1737	2606	2293	2460	2250	1228	2249	2249	1260	1253	1253	1566	1558	1668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:27PM 3.26												7:31AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)							1:24AM 0.08												1:45PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	3	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	9	8	10	10	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	5	5	4	5	7	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	3	5	4	7	7	4	3	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	3	1	-1	1	2	0	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	2.2 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 W	1.1 W	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	14	14	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.0 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 N	1.0 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	16	16	16	8	15	8	8	9	8	9	9	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.8 S	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	3	4	3	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13