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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brandon Bay Kerry	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballycastle Antrim	Maghera Strand Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Rossbeigh Strand Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Rossbeigh Strand Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	St Finan's Bay Kerry	Annascaul Rivermouth Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Coumeenole Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 W	2.3 SW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 W
Period(s)	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	16	14	13	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	2444	1937	1661	704	512	256	60	52	81	231	1519	698	1077	227	549	966	345	611	455	337	222	82
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				7:34AM 3.48	6:54PM 4.16	8:10PM 3.21	8:32AM 3.27		7:33PM 0.55	5:08AM 0.39		9:42PM 3.38	8:59AM 3.10		9:33PM 3.66	10:02AM 2.91		10:18PM 2.98	11:11AM 2.78		11:26PM 2.87
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 0.03	1:01AM 0.03			2:22AM 0.04		2:33PM 0.17	1:40AM 0.27	1:00PM 0.07	3:02PM 0.33	3:58AM 0.38		4:16PM 0.53	3:50AM 0.56		4:10PM 1.04		4:42AM 0.65	5:18PM 1.13		7:42AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	4	-	-	9	5	3	3	7	1	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	8	8	11	11	10	13	13	11	14	15	15	16	18	15	16	16	13	15	14	13	18
Low °C	10	8	6	9	10	9	11	12	10	11	12	13	15	18	13	15	15	13	14	14	13	15
Chill °C (?)	7	6	7	11	9	7	12	12	10	12	14	14	15	18	14	16	15	12	15	13	13	18
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	9:34	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:38	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 W	2.3 SW	1.0 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	13	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	14	13	12	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.3 W	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	-	9	6	9	16	9	-	-	15	7	10	14	8	6	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brandon Bay Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Bundoran Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Fanad Head Reef Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	460	536	2444	2125	1937	1728	1420	1661	1029	1134	704	617	512	370	271	256	100	259	60	68	52	83
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 3.58			6:35AM 4.06	7:34AM 3.48				7:52PM 3.60				8:32AM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)	1:09AM 0.28				1:13PM 0.03				1:16AM -0.02								1:53AM 0.04				2:33PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	2	1
Temp. °C	7	7	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	11	10	13	10	9	10	12	11	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	3	3	7	8	6	8	8	7	8	7	8	11	8	12	7	6	7	10	9	12	11	12
Sunrise	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	2.3 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 W
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.5 NW	0.2 ENE	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	-	9	9	9	15	10	6	13	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	0.4 SE	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	3	-	3	-	4	4

	Sunday 17
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Culdaff Donegal	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Dunmoran Strand Sligo	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Five Finger Strand Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal	Carrickfinn Donegal
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	551	608	460	447	472	536	536	2696	2444	2277	2254	2125	2092	1937	1937	1761	1756	1728	1595	1569	1420	1420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							7:32AM 2.19												7:08PM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)													1:13PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	7	10	10	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	3	3	3	2	2	3	5	4	7	7	6	8	8	7	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 W	2.4 W	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.3 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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