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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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tue
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	2	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	10	9	16	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	4408	3138	1822	1521	1461	860	479	424	493	196	113	725	4217	2543	1449	1350	2851	3109	1851	1689	2407	1435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 3.54		5:05AM 3.48	5:23PM 3.69		5:58AM 3.53		6:18PM 3.61	6:40AM 3.56		7:04PM 3.47	7:18AM 3.58		7:51PM 3.22	8:13AM 3.34		8:43PM 2.91	9:09AM 3.12		9:28PM 2.66	10:15AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26AM 0.14		11:02PM -0.11	11:04AM -0.03		11:42PM -0.17	12:00PM -0.14		12:23AM -0.11		12:46PM -0.11	1:06AM 0.03		1:28PM 0.04	1:51AM 0.25		2:27PM 0.29	2:41AM 0.50		3:21PM 0.57		3:39AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	5	1	1	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	10	12	13	11	10
Low °C	12	13	12	13	14	12	12	11	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	9	10	12	9	9
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	13	14	14	10	10	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	8	10	12	9	8
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:56
Sunset	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:38	-	-	4:40	-	-	4:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	1.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	7	9	16	17	16	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 NW	0.7 W	1.6 W	1.0 W	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	-	-	-	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	5	8	7	7	10	7	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	-	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.4 SW	1.1 W	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	3	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

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	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	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Curransport 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	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.3 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	7139	3764	3138	4396	3462	1822	1518	1374	1521	1350	1152	1042	1453	1005	712	572	479	438	424	734	529	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:37PM 3.63				5:17AM 3.39				5:34PM 3.64				5:58AM 3.53					6:02PM 3.70
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33AM 0.13				11:02PM -0.11				11:16AM -0.05				11:35PM -0.17				12:00PM -0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	7
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.3 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 W	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	9	8	8	8	7	7	12	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	3	5	8	-	-	-

	Tuesday 04																	Wednesday 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	Magheraroarty Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Curransport 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	Tramore (Dunfanaghy) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WNW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7758	4526	4408	7495	6708	3764	3610	3345	3138	2960	2767	2728	3794	2844	2129	2098	1849	1822	1676	2710	2625	1482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											4:51PM 3.54
Low Tide / height (m)					10:23AM 0.15													11:02PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 N
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-