Ireland Surf

Detailed Ireland 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 Ireland. 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 Ireland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Ireland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Ireland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Ireland Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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 Ireland	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Kilcummin Kerry	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Kilcummin Kerry	Inch Strand Kerry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Inch Reefs Kerry	St Finan's Bay Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	St Finan's Bay Kerry
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	15	14	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	9
Energy	286	2447	1953	1661	784	512	300	78	92	2288	1679	1378	808	293	452	1643	540	781	549	387	320	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:56AM 2.86			7:34AM 3.48	6:54PM 4.16	8:10PM 3.21	8:32AM 3.27		8:30PM 3.60	9:27AM 2.78		9:42PM 3.38	10:20AM 2.79		9:18PM 3.18	11:14AM 2.61		10:18PM 2.98	11:08AM 2.74		11:26PM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:09AM 0.28		1:13PM 0.03	1:01AM 0.03			2:22AM 0.04		2:39PM 0.17	2:43AM 0.17		2:10PM 0.55	3:58AM 0.38	4:06AM 0.38	3:06PM 0.81	3:31AM 0.50	5:00AM 0.58	3:54PM 0.87		4:41AM 0.64	5:07PM 0.98
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	1	-	5	7	2	1	3	3	1	1	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	8	10	11	10	11	12	13	13	14	14	19	17	16	16	19	16	18	20	19
Low °C	7	10	7	7	10	10	9	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	17	14	15	17	15	16	20	19
Chill °C (?)	5	8	10	6	10	9	7	8	10	11	11	12	12	19	16	16	16	19	16	18	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:34	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 ESE	0.2 N	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.1 W	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	5	8	14	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.6 W	0.2 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	14	9	7	9	9	-	9	6	9	8	7	-	6	6	-	10	8	8	6	13	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	3	3	15	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Culdaff Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Muckros Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period(s)	14	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	514	286	460	3729	2447	1545	1953	1543	1463	1661	1029	1134	784	605	512	408	226	300	100	143	78	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:29AM 3.53								6:35AM 4.06	7:34AM 3.48				8:06PM 3.49				8:32AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)			1:09AM 0.28				1:13PM 0.03				1:16AM -0.02								1:53AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	1	1
Temp. °C	9	7	7	7	10	10	10	7	8	7	9	9	10	10	10	13	10	9	10	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	6	4	3	4	8	8	10	6	6	7	9	8	10	10	8	12	7	6	7	9	8	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.3 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	-	10	9	-	7	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	9	6	9	15	8	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 E	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	4	3	4	3	-

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Culdaff Donegal	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	The Bar Sligo	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	The Bar Sligo	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal
Rating	0	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period(s)	12	12	14	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	336	408	514	137	275	286	551	608	460	447	2972	3729	2739	545	2447	2447	2280	1545	1521	1376	1953	1777
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:29AM 3.53
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:02PM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	2
High °C	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	9
Chill °C (?)	7	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	4	4	6	8	8	6	8	9	7	10	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	14	12	14	14	6	14	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

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