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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Muckros Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	10	9	9	7	9	10	9	11	10	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	8	8
Energy	482	516	275	77	51	41	44	88	136	365	308	228	308	203	225	96	82	104	112	166	392	142
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- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 3.28	6:04PM 3.41		6:46AM 3.30		7:10PM 3.47	7:36AM 3.29		7:49PM 3.62	8:10AM 3.26		8:43PM 3.64	9:10AM 3.13		9:41PM 3.47	10:11AM 2.61		10:39PM 3.05	11:05AM 2.43		11:29PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14PM 0.38	11:49AM 0.20		12:27AM 0.14	12:48PM 0.13		1:19AM 0.05		1:42PM 0.09	2:01AM 0.03		2:24PM 0.13	2:57AM 0.11		3:18PM 0.18	3:58AM 0.25	4:05AM 0.24	4:02PM 0.34		5:01AM 0.41	4:55PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	9	-	-	-	1	14	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	18	14	16	17	15	14	14	14	13	15	13	16	18	16	15	16	14	14	14	12
Low °C	10	11	16	12	14	16	13	14	14	12	12	14	12	14	16	13	13	16	11	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	11	18	13	15	17	15	13	13	13	11	13	11	15	18	15	14	15	12	12	12	10
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:12	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:14	-	-	10:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	1.0 W	0.1 N	-	1.1 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	7	7	10	9	11	10	11	10	-	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	-	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	0.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	8	9	6	6	6	6	5	-	-	8	9	-	9	4	-	5	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	2	-	-	-	8	-	7	8	-

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal
Rating	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
Energy	637	482	235	445	516	411	275	217	115	77	76	50	51	45	41	81	45	44	54	89	88	115
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 3.28				6:04PM 3.41				6:46AM 3.30				6:59PM 3.54	7:15PM 3.20				7:36AM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)		11:14PM 0.38				11:49AM 0.20				12:27AM 0.14				12:48PM 0.13					1:19AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	10	10	11	12	16	18	14	13	13	12	14	16	17	16	15	14	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	8	10	11	15	18	13	12	12	10	13	15	17	16	15	14	14	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-
Sunset	10:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:12	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 E	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	10	10	9	4	9	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	7	7	-	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	6	6	6	9	6	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Muckros 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	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 W
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	970	1607	637	716	639	482	284	240	235	231	313	445	445	516	516	461	455	411	338	304	275	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)											5:28AM 3.34
Low Tide / height (m)					11:15PM 0.34												11:49AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	15	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	14	14	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	-	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-