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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	Sat		Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			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	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal
Rating	1	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	14	12	11	11
Energy	199	262	219	412	1549	1181	884	814	750	606	327	206	117	45	43	19	22	70	109	216	221	232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:11AM 2.84		1:33PM 2.36	2:01AM 2.93		3:13PM 2.21	3:11AM 2.86		4:09PM 2.34		4:25AM 2.62	4:36PM 2.76		4:53AM 2.94	5:27PM 2.85		5:22AM 2.98	5:52PM 3.01		5:59AM 3.00	6:26PM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	6:36PM 0.77		7:42AM 0.79		7:25PM 0.90	8:34AM 0.72		8:46PM 0.88	9:33AM 0.70		9:44PM 0.80	10:39AM 0.57		10:44PM 0.69	11:01AM 0.57		11:26PM 0.61	11:27AM 0.50		11:47PM 0.58	12:01PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	16	15	18	17	16	14	16	13	18	14	16	19	23	18	19	16	15	18	17	20	24	23
Low °C	16	13	15	17	13	14	14	13	15	13	14	16	23	16	19	13	13	15	16	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	18	17	16	13	16	12	17	13	15	19	23	18	19	16	15	18	16	20	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	9:45	-	-	9:49	-	-	9:47	-	-	9:50	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:53	-	-	9:57	-	-	9:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	0.7 W	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	9	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	7	7	6	6	6	10	17	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.4 NE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-

	Saturday 23			Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tuesday 26
	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	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Glencolumbkille Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	199	235	151	262	268	262	219	315	412	282	1039	1549	1397	1245	1181	614	884	814	814	814	928	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	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)					1:11AM 2.84				1:33PM 2.36				2:01AM 2.93				3:13PM 2.21				3:11AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		6:36PM 0.77					7:42AM 0.79				7:25PM 0.90				8:34AM 0.72				8:46PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	14	13	13	15	17	17	18	16	15	14	13	14	16	16	15	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	13	11	11	14	17	17	18	16	15	13	12	13	15	16	14	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	9:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.3 W	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.5 W	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	16	15	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	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	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Bundoran 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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	128	199	199	169	165	235	240	261	151	205	210	262	262	268	268	268	268	262	262	260	219	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													1:11AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)						6:36PM 0.77													7:42AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.9 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-