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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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Derrynane Kerry	Lahinch Strand Clare	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Dooagh Mayo and Achill Island	Croyde Devon (North)	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Tenby (South Beach) Wales - Pembrokeshire	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Dooagh Mayo and Achill Island	Dooagh Mayo and Achill Island	Ballyconnell Sligo	Five Finger Strand Donegal
Rating	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	1.3 N	0.9 W	1.9 W	1.8 SW	1.7 W	0.7 NW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.0 WNW	2.1 NW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	7	12	10	7	11	10	11	11	10	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1535	1111	100	98	858	994	741	358	1300	433	844	118	213	593	961	1359	1316	845	626	439	119	1769
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:29PM 3.05		5:47AM 3.12		6:01PM 3.04	6:18AM 3.15		6:33PM 2.99	6:51AM 3.12	5:41PM 3.02		6:27AM 3.99		6:18PM 2.89	7:49AM 3.04		7:51PM 2.57	8:17AM 2.95		8:33PM 2.42	8:15AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 0.44		11:31PM 0.38	11:51AM 0.41		12:02AM 0.40		12:24PM 0.43	12:34AM 0.44			11:33PM 0.63		12:34PM 0.69	12:08AM 0.72		1:47PM 0.75	1:43AM 0.71		2:29PM 0.88	2:21AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	6	3	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	7	6	7	7	5	5	11	10	10	7	11	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	8	6
Low °C	5	6	6	5	6	5	4	5	10	9	8	6	10	8	9	9	8	7	10	9	5	5
Chill °C (?)	0	0	3	2	4	6	2	1	8	7	8	4	8	5	6	5	4	5	6	7	6	4
Sunrise	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:22
Sunset	-	4:20	-	-	4:23	-	-	4:20	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:06	-	-	4:14	-	-	4:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	1.3 N	0.9 W	1.9 W	0.7 W	1.7 W	0.7 NW	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	-	-	2.0 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	10	7	4	-	-	11	11	9	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.1 NW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	10	14	10	10	-	9	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.8 NW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.8 SW	-	0.4 SW	-	1.6 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	2.1 N	2.1 NW	-	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	7	6	-	-	3	5	8	7	-	2	-	11	10	11	7	10	-	3	4	4

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
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	Derrynane Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Coumeenole Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballinknockane Kerry
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2522	2039	1535	1288	1111	989	981	892	808	714	120	112	132	116	566	510	824	814	741	715	759	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-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)						5:29PM 3.05				5:47AM 3.12				5:06PM 3.97				5:53AM 3.22				5:26PM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17AM 0.44				11:31PM 0.38				10:14AM 0.43				11:46PM 0.37				11:59AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
Temp. °C	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	5	9
Chill °C (?)	0	-1	-1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	6	6	4	2	2	0	1	7
Sunrise	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 N	1.5 N	1.3 N	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.8 NW	0.2 W	0.5 NW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.1 N	0.9 N	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	17	6	10	10	10	14	14	10	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	1.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	7	-

	Wednesday 19
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
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	Derrynane Kerry	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Lahinch Strand Clare	Lahinch Strand Clare	Coumeenole Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballinknockane Kerry
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	7
Energy(?)	1955	2167	2522	2254	2124	2039	1883	1706	1535	1535	95	94	65	64	1613	1138	2237	2303	2171	2213	2257	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)																	5:00PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	7
Chill °C (?)	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	3	2	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	10	10	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	3.0 N	2.0 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	5	5	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	7

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