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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo
Rating	0	0	0	6	5	4	4	4	4	8	5	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 ESE	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.8 W	0.6 NNE	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	4	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	18	16	15	14	17	16	6	14	13	12	12	22
Energy(?)	527	307	27	6067	8040	2241	1449	1559	1175	1686	6403	4598	1644	1030	2140	1526	26	650	307	187	159	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:17PM 2.64		3:51AM 2.85	4:23PM 2.84		4:48AM 3.16	5:15PM 3.03		5:12AM 3.68	6:00PM 3.16		5:55AM 3.84		6:28PM 3.30	6:47AM 3.81		6:59PM 3.30	7:15AM 3.94		7:36PM 3.25	7:52AM 3.80
Low Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 0.77	10:02AM 0.62		10:23PM 0.54	10:59AM 0.35		11:12PM 0.30	11:27AM 0.16		11:56PM 0.11		12:18PM 0.02	12:22AM 0.01		12:58PM -0.02	12:47AM 0.07		1:27PM 0.04	1:24AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	2	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8
Low °C	7	6	4	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	7	8	7	6	8	8	8	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	2	0	0	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	6	2	3	5	3	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Sunrise	8:27	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:15
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	1.8 W	1.9 WNW	1.7 W	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.0 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	12	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	18	16	15	14	14	16	15	14	13	12	12	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	2.3 W	-	-	-	1.4 W	-	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	0.1 N	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	13	-	-	-	17	-	6	6	5	-	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-	3	3	2

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	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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	1.9 W	0.9 E	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	3	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	4	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	5	651	527	378	307	241	163	153	215	2779	21	4232	5729	7046	5835	4844	4084	1723	1449	1550	1593	1550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						3:17PM 2.64				3:23AM 3.06				4:07PM 2.91				4:20AM 3.33				4:49PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50AM 0.87					9:23PM 0.77				10:02AM 0.62				10:08PM 0.56				10:37AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	7
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	-1	-2	3	0	-1	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	6	4
Sunrise	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.9 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	16	12	21	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	11	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 29
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SE	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	0.7 SE	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	3	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	3	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4	936	924	811	800	651	642	534	527	445	11	378	492	573	573	474	467	206	199	190	141	141
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)															2:59PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)									8:50AM 0.87												8:55PM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
High °C	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4