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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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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	Tue	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10
	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	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Gweebara Heads left Donegal
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	5	4	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.8 W	-	1.8 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	21	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	20	-	16	15
Energy(?)	1317	499	177	168	1746	2195	1299	662	417	183	268	95	148	283	126	307	151	179	2618	0	1652	1085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 3.67		7:38PM 3.31	7:59AM 3.66		8:19PM 3.11	8:29AM 3.63		9:03PM 2.87	9:22AM 3.04		9:38PM 2.69	9:57AM 2.74		10:17PM 2.49	10:39AM 2.46		11:03PM 2.38	11:39AM 2.21		12:32AM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	1:13AM -0.04		1:41PM 0.02	1:25AM 0.13		2:12PM 0.17	2:14AM 0.21		2:38PM 0.37		3:02AM 0.42	3:32PM 0.60		3:40AM 0.69	4:09PM 0.85		4:23AM 0.97	4:54PM 1.10		5:22AM 1.23		6:02PM 1.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
High °C	5	6	6	7	7	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	7
Low °C	3	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	5	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	6
Chill °C (?)	0	2	1	2	1	-2	0	-2	-1	0	0	2	2	4	3	2	4	4	5	1	3	2
Sunrise	-	8:18	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:04	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.5 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.8 W	2.1 WNW	1.8 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	21	18	17	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	20	17	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	24	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	8	6	5	-	-	26	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	-	2	3	4	-	-	4	4

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh 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	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	23	22	21	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	773	651	953	306	499	415	333	109	116	168	438	946	1746	2004	2195	1831	1589	1299	1667	844	662	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)	7:19PM 3.22				7:22AM 3.80				7:38PM 3.31				8:13AM 3.54				8:29PM 3.03				8:48AM 3.31
Low Tide / height (m)			1:06AM -0.02				1:36PM 0.03				1:50AM 0.03				2:24PM 0.16				2:19AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	1	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	3	3	4	5	6	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	-3	-3	-2	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	-2	-2	-1	-1	0	0	0	-2	-1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	23	22	21	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	26	24	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.3 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	2.0 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	5	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Gweebara Heads left Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Rossnowlagh 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	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	795	784	1315	711	1336	1317	1159	489	482	500	413	407	326	322	317	253	233	233	369	179	177	174
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:19PM 3.22												7:37AM 3.67
Low Tide / height (m)							1:00AM -0.02													1:48PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	-3	-3	-4	-1	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	4	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	0.7 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3