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

	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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 Ireland	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Easky Left Sligo	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Culdaff Donegal	Barley Cove Cork	Lahinch Strand Clare	Manorbier Wales - Pembrokeshire	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Lahinch Strand Clare	Garrettstown Cork	Crabart Wales - Gower
Rating	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	0	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.5 W	2.0 NNW	2.3 N	1.7 N	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	2.0 W	1.6 WNW	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	10
Energy(?)	875	1728	1502	1217	68	991	1360	895	461	800	947	927	1164	544	901	882	352	350	182	278	262	265
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:57PM 3.03		5:17AM 3.05	5:29PM 3.05		5:47AM 3.12		6:01PM 3.04	6:18AM 3.15		6:33PM 2.99	6:51AM 3.12		7:06PM 2.89	6:27AM 3.99		7:22PM 2.77	6:55AM 3.62		7:51PM 2.57	8:17AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.40	11:17AM 0.44		11:31PM 0.38	11:51AM 0.41		12:02AM 0.40		12:24PM 0.43	12:34AM 0.44		12:58PM 0.50	1:06AM 0.52		1:33PM 0.62	1:19AM 0.58		1:47PM 0.75	1:43AM 0.71		2:29PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	4	2	2	-	2	-	-	2	-	1	2	2	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	4	9	8	10	9	7	10	9	8	9	8	9	8	8
Low °C	8	5	6	5	6	6	7	5	4	9	7	8	8	6	10	8	7	9	8	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	6	0	6	6	8	6	5	6	6	7	5	4	7	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:07	-
Sunset	4:22	-	-	4:20	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:28	-	-	4:31	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	2.3 N	1.7 N	0.9 N	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNE	1.6 WNW	0.1 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	13	12	9	10	12	-	9	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.3 WNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	10	10	10	14	13	8	9	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	-	-	2.0 W	-	2.2 W	2.1 W	-	0.9 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	5	11	-	-	4	4	-	-	12	-	10	10	-	6	3	-	2	4

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Ballybunion Kerry	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	0.6 W	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	0.7 W	1.9 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	7	11	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	875	981	1313	1728	2522	1883	1502	1347	1217	1110	981	892	714	614	132	494	663	222	1011	895	824	750
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	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
High Tide / height (m)		4:57PM 3.03				5:17AM 3.05				5:29PM 3.05				5:47AM 3.12				4:59PM 3.72				5:53AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)				11:01PM 0.40				11:17AM 0.44				11:31PM 0.38				11:51AM 0.41				11:32PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	3	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	-1	0	1	3	1	3	6	6	4	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 NNW	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.9 N	1.7 N	1.6 N	1.4 N
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	17	17	10	10	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.3 NNW	0.7 NW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNW	1.1 NNW	-	-	-	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	6	7	11	6	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 18	Wednesday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Ballybunion Kerry	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.4 W	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 N	4.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	10	10	12	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	796	822	875	875	981	981	1049	1200	1313	1465	1534	1728	1925	2167	106	2254	2320	2575	3689	3447	3035	2922
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					4:57PM 3.03												4:58AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)												11:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	6	4	3	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	12	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 N	4.0 N	3.5 N	3.5 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	5	10	10	12	11	11	10	10

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