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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	Thu	Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballymastocker Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Streedagh Strand Sligo	Bundoran Donegal
Rating	0	5	5	4	4	4	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	1	0	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	-	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	12	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	-	15	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	12	22	20	18
Energy(?)	153	4149	7315	2460	1635	1728	2346	2053	3686	0	2790	1240	342	1487	2465	1317	828	477	126	601	1316	2182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:51AM 2.85	4:23PM 2.84		4:48AM 3.16	5:15PM 3.03		5:10AM 3.59	5:46PM 3.23		6:06AM 3.71		6:19PM 3.30	6:36AM 3.95		6:59PM 3.30	7:14AM 3.88		7:54PM 3.15	8:04AM 3.60		8:21PM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 0.77	10:02AM 0.62		10:23PM 0.54	10:59AM 0.35		10:45PM 0.36	11:25AM 0.15		11:35PM 0.13		12:18PM 0.02	12:09AM 0.09		12:50PM -0.01	12:47AM 0.07		1:48PM 0.02	1:50AM 0.03		2:14PM 0.15	2:16AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	5	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	4	7	7	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
Low °C	4	7	8	6	6	7	8	8	7	4	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	0	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	1	2	2	5	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	4
Sunrise	-	8:26	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.0 WNW	2.4 W	0.1 W	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.7 W	2.3 W	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 W	1.9 W
Period (s)	12	18	17	16	15	15	14	24	20	16	15	14	13	16	15	14	14	13	12	22	20	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.6 W	0.4 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	2.5 W	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 E	0.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	5	5	4

	Thu	Friday 30								Saturday 31								Sunday 01
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 W	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	163	153	215	1274	3351	4232	3716	3341	5835	4541	4084	3395	1635	1793	1793	1769	1555	1340	1171	1990	2053	2230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				3:51AM 2.85				3:53PM 2.89				4:33AM 3.24				4:49PM 3.10				5:24AM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)		9:23PM 0.77				10:02AM 0.62				10:02PM 0.55				10:37AM 0.39				11:12PM 0.30				11:37AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1
Temp. °C	6	5	4	4	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	-2	-2	-1	-1	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	5	4	3	3	4	4	3	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	1.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.3 W	0.1 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	24	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	12	21	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	2.4 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	13

	Thursday 29					Friday 30
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Back Strands Sligo	Bundoran Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Energy(?)	215	168	163	160	156	153	112	477	657	1737	4020	3949	3219	3691	4149	4066	4301	4232	4288	6471	6397	5946
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:28AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)				9:23PM 0.77												9:39AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	8	8	8	5	6	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	2	2	3	4	4	-1	0	2	2	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.4 W	2.3 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	21	12	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	12	12	23	12	21	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	11	11	11	11	4	4	5	4	4