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 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Trá Na Rosan Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Pollan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	2	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	3	0	1	4	4	1	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10
Energy	324	337	544	478	516	297	279	158	85	74	433	350	352	605	1304	1670	2070	2066	2653	823	625	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 3.04		6:52AM 2.94			7:10AM 2.98		7:45PM 3.09	8:02AM 2.86		8:07PM 3.15	8:37AM 2.77		9:03PM 2.74	9:13AM 2.66		9:38PM 2.88	9:53AM 2.32		10:20PM 2.78	10:29AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		12:41AM 0.51	12:52PM 0.48		1:06AM 0.51		1:15PM 0.50	1:53AM 0.54		2:01PM 0.53	2:14AM 0.63		2:36PM 0.59	3:15AM 0.67		3:09PM 0.66	3:49AM 0.81		3:28PM 0.72		4:26AM 0.91	4:40PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	12	11	11	15
Low °C	15	12	13	14	13	15	14	12	12	13	12	12	13	11	12	12	10	12	12	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	13	14	14	11	9	11	11	12	11	11	10	11	10	11	9	8	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:56	-
Sunset	9:55	-	-	9:58	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:01	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.1 W	0.2 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.8 WNW	1.5 W	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	2.0 WNW	1.8 W	-
Period (s)	10	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	13	12	12	-	-	-	14	-	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 W	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	-	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	15	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	0.4 S	1.0 W	-	2.3 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.3 S	1.1 S	1.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	-	-	2	-	3	4	-	3	9	-	11	11	11	10	11	3	4	10

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	324	594	346	337	400	503	544	560	478	394	529	516	260	201	297	304	279	134	165	158	120	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:42PM 2.80				6:57AM 2.70									7:10AM 2.98				7:45PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)				12:41AM 0.51				12:52PM 0.48					1:17AM 0.50				1:15PM 0.50				1:53AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	12	11	12	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	15	14	14	11	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Sunset	-	9:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:59	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	7	10	10	4	4	-	-	9	8	10	10	7	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30										Sunday 31
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Trá Na Rosan Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	329	283	324	324	755	594	406	352	346	345	340	337	395	400	400	400	505	503	577	563	544	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:42PM 2.80												6:57AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)												12:41AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	16	15	14	13	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12