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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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal
Rating	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	4	4	3	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	24	21	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	19	16	16	14	13
Energy(?)	499	162	365	1746	2195	1284	696	712	367	275	97	91	191	172	149	139	162	2992	4135	2749	333	443
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:46PM 3.20	8:02AM 3.65		8:14PM 3.20	8:29AM 3.63		8:58PM 2.94	9:22AM 3.04		9:38PM 2.69	9:57AM 2.74		10:17PM 2.49	10:39AM 2.46		11:08PM 2.31	11:21AM 2.41		12:10AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38PM 0.02	1:40AM 0.05		2:04PM 0.17	2:02AM 0.29		2:38PM 0.37	2:55AM 0.43	3:02AM 0.42	3:32PM 0.60		3:40AM 0.69	4:09PM 0.85		4:23AM 0.97	4:54PM 1.10		4:57AM 1.29	5:34PM 1.32		6:38AM 1.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	8	7	3
High °C	6	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	8	7	8	8	5
Low °C	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	8	7	7	7	7	6	4
Chill °C (?)	2	3	2	0	0	-2	0	0	1	3	3	6	4	6	4	4	6	5	3	4	5	0
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	0.9 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	21	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	11	19	16	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	-	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	24	11	-	-	-	8	7	5	-	4	7	5	5	5	13	-	-	-	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	6

	Wednesday 04					Thursday 05								Friday 06								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand 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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	503	407	332	258	116	197	434	1065	2735	2004	2195	1831	1589	1284	1061	844	706	519	424	334	257	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:25AM 3.78				7:38PM 3.31				8:07AM 3.62				8:29PM 3.03				8:48AM 3.31				8:49PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)			1:38PM 0.02				1:25AM 0.13				2:24PM 0.16				2:26AM 0.19				2:38PM 0.37
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	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	0	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	1	2	2	1
Sunrise	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 W	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	5	-	7	7	26	24	12	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	11	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Wednesday 04	Thursday 05
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand 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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	22	22	22
Energy(?)	604	507	499	503	219	219	165	162	350	174	171	127	123	145	141	141	168	168	197	434	434	1353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 3.74												7:54PM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)								1:28PM 0.03												1:25AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	22	22	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	7	4	4	-	-	26	26	26	24	24	24	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3