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

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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Sandy Bay Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Culdaff Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Ballinknockane Kerry
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	1	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.5 W	0.6 W	2.2 N	1.7 N	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	0.7 NW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.8 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	10	9	10	9	11	12
Energy(?)	452	836	1592	1700	1464	68	119	1276	897	354	1071	1287	881	761	1117	1920	179	866	394	728	539	691
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
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	7:25AM 3.04		6:53PM 3.69	7:04AM 3.86		7:57PM 2.67	8:17AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44AM 0.50		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		12:34PM 0.69	12:43AM 0.94		1:02PM 0.80	1:49AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	1	5	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	1	-	-
High °C	10	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	4	7	9	9	9	11	10	8	9	8	10	9	9
Low °C	10	8	6	5	6	6	6	7	5	4	5	7	8	8	10	10	7	7	8	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	6	3	0	0	0	2	3	4	6	0	5	7	7	7	8	8	4	6	6	7	5	7
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:11	-	-	8:17
Sunset	-	4:22	-	-	4:20	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:17	-	-	4:12	-	-	4:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 NW	2.2 N	1.7 N	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	1.9 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	2.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 W
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	11	6	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	9	-	-	11	-	3	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	-	1.8 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	9	9	9	5	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	12	10	11	-	-	9	-	-

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Ballybunion Kerry	Muckros Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 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	2.2 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.0 NNW	1.7 N
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	452	676	836	894	1173	1592	2389	1883	1700	1502	1464	1243	1050	849	714	566	119	110	119	202	329	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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)				4:57PM 3.03				5:17AM 3.05				5:29PM 3.05				5:47AM 3.12				4:59PM 3.72
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44AM 0.50				11:01PM 0.40				11:17AM 0.44				11:31PM 0.38				10:55AM 0.51				11:32PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	1	-	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6
Chill °C (?)	6	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	4	4	5	5
Sunrise	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 NW	1.0 NNW	1.7 N
Period (s)	13	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	11	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	5	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 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	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Ballybunion Kerry	Muckros Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.5 N
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	310	418	452	542	679	676	676	836	836	836	894	894	957	1098	1173	1313	156	156	130	805	2510	4840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)											4:57PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)					10:44AM 0.50												10:02PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	5	7	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	1
Sunrise	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	7	7	8	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	16	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.4 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.9 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	2.4 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.5 N
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	4	4	8	11	11

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Antrim	Kerry	Waterford
Clare	Londonderry	Wexford
Cork	Mayo and Achill Island
Donegal	Sligo

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