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

	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Easky Left Sligo	Castlerock Londonderry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Doonloughan Mayo and Achill Island	Inch Strand Kerry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Easky Left Sligo
Rating	3	1	0	3	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 W
Period(s)	9	9	8	9	10	8	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	10	11	11	10	10
Energy	530	99	432	724	529	757	2402	1242	1015	558	377	212	65	70	87	85	215	177	286	1208	1081	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 2.95		3:44PM 2.65	3:28AM 3.05	4:02AM 2.94	4:39PM 2.88	3:44AM 3.61		4:49PM 3.67		5:42AM 3.28	6:04PM 3.41		6:28AM 3.37	6:09PM 4.54		7:19AM 3.36		8:04PM 3.27	7:10AM 3.77		8:24PM 3.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:49AM 0.38		9:15PM 0.85	10:19AM 0.46		9:31PM 0.60	9:53AM 0.45		10:03PM 0.30	11:49AM 0.20		12:27AM 0.14	12:31PM 0.10		1:03AM 0.06		1:42PM 0.09	2:19AM 0.04		1:05PM 0.31	2:41AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	16	13	16	13	20	15	17	16	16	16	17	16	14	14	13
Low °C	11	10	13	12	13	12	12	14	12	15	12	18	13	15	14	15	15	16	12	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	10	11	10	8	12	16	13	16	12	20	14	16	16	16	15	16	15	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	4:47	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:09	-	-	10:10	-	-	10:08	-	-	10:12	-	-	10:04	-	-	10:13	-	-	10:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	0.8 NW	-	2.1 W	-	0.1 N	3.0 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 WNW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	9	9	-	9	-	8	12	11	10	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	7	10	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 W	0.3 N	0.1 W	0.2 N	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	16	15	8	9	9	7	7	6	11	7	5	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	1.8 W	-	1.7 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	8	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	2

	Wed	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Easky Left Sligo	Easky Left Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Castlerock Londonderry	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tralee Bay Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Tralee Bay Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	10	10	6	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	598	530	326	363	99	81	432	901	439	724	813	1201	529	359	757	2208	2402	2402	2067	1602	1242	1121
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:02AM 2.79				3:44PM 2.65				3:28AM 3.05					4:39PM 2.88			3:44AM 3.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11PM 1.01				9:49AM 0.38	10:31AM 0.65			9:41PM 0.71					10:19AM 0.46			9:31PM 0.60				9:53AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	7	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	9	10	10	12	13	14	13	13	12	15	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	6	7	7	10	10	13	10	11	10	14	10	10	8	8	10	12	12	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	10:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	2.1 W	0.4 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	9	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	1.8 W	2.4 W	1.8 W	-	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	2.1 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	9	8	-	10	10	10	6	8	11	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Killard Clare	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Easky Left Sligo	Easky Left Sligo	Culdaff Donegal	Easky Left Sligo	Easky Left Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Castlerock Londonderry	Culdaff Donegal	Ballycastle Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Energy	562	1206	598	598	689	530	524	326	326	432	585	363	374	651	99	287	141	81	443	443	432	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:02AM 2.79												3:44PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:49PM 1.17	8:10PM 1.02													9:49AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	11	11	9	11	10	9	9	10	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	10	9	9	7	9	7	6	6	8	6	7	8	8	7	9	9	10	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	10:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.8 NW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 W	1.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	1.5 W	0.4 SE	0.7 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	9	3	4	-	3	8	8	8	8

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