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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	Thu	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tullagh Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	4	3	5	8	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.6 WNW	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	1.7 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	11	10	-	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	18	17	16
Energy(?)	799	1040	710	3748	2394	878	339	0	625	1597	3861	3263	2918	2427	2326	2254	1696	1428	585	2627	9095	3563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:30PM 2.66	9:48AM 3.27		10:19PM 2.66	10:33AM 2.99		11:19PM 2.42	11:45AM 2.57		12:33AM 2.26		1:03PM 2.34	1:25AM 2.43		2:06PM 2.36	2:50AM 2.44		3:30PM 2.39		4:01AM 2.56	4:21PM 2.53
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13AM 0.65	4:10PM 0.67		3:59AM 0.90	5:09PM 0.90		5:18AM 1.03		6:16PM 1.06	6:38AM 1.17		7:00PM 1.14	7:37AM 1.23		8:22PM 1.12	9:00AM 1.15		9:35PM 1.02	10:08AM 0.99		10:14PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	5	-	-	6	1	2	2	2	2	-	-	10	6	-	3	5	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	10	12	11	9	9	8	6	6	7	7	4	7	6	7	5
Low °C	6	6	6	6	7	6	5	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	6	4	6	5	6	4
Chill °C (?)	3	4	4	3	6	5	1	6	8	7	4	5	4	4	6	3	2	2	5	4	5	2
Sunrise	-	8:53	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:48	-	-	8:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:22	-	-	4:24	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	3.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 W	1.6 WNW	2.4 W	3.5 W	2.1 W	0.3 NNW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	1.7 W	4.0 WNW	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 W	0.9 W	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 W	1.5 W	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	13	13	12	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	0.7 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	5	4	4	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	3	8	3	-	-

	Thu	Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal
Rating	3	4	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	-
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	-
Energy(?)	1465	1410	1497	694	692	904	1059	1119	1376	2067	2470	1991	1728	2090	1456	1081	772	339	253	240	407	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
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
High Tide / height (m)		9:30PM 2.75				10:02AM 3.07				10:32PM 2.49				10:38AM 2.84				11:26PM 2.34				11:45AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)				3:13AM 0.66				4:19PM 0.70				4:29AM 0.78				5:06PM 0.89				5:26AM 1.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	1	-
Temp. °C	7	6	7	4	6	6	7	6	4	4	3	5	8	9	8	6	5	5	6	7	9	10
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	3	2	6	4	3	0	-1	-1	5	5	7	6	3	-1	-1	0	1	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	15	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	6	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	4	5

	Thursday 08	Friday 09
	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	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal
Rating	3	4	3	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1343	1409	1465	761	773	1354	1315	1334	1088	1071	1060	1028	683	1382	1187	1299	1273	782	782	769	710	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:31PM 2.82												9:59AM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)										3:40AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.5 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	15	15	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-