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			Tuesday 25
	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	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Lahinch Strand Clare	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Easky Left Sligo	Ardnave Point and Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Saligo (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Rossnowlagh Donegal	Llangennith Wales - Gower	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballybunion Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Culdaff Donegal
Rating	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	0	3	2	1	3	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	1.2 N	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.5 W	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	10	12	9	10	7	10	10	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1767	1568	1190	95	98	845	978	685	794	677	659	932	566	1259	900	757	331	865	1186	775	511	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:17AM 3.05	5:29PM 3.05		5:47AM 3.12		6:01PM 3.04	6:18AM 3.15		6:33PM 2.99	5:58AM 3.36			6:16AM 2.74		7:22PM 2.77	6:31AM 2.98		7:51PM 2.57	8:17AM 2.95		8:34PM 2.46
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	11:33PM 0.63		12:34PM 0.69	1:19AM 0.58		1:55PM 0.77	1:43AM 0.71		2:29PM 0.88	2:23AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4	11	2	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	7	6	6	7	6	7	6	4	10	11	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9
Low °C	6	6	6	7	5	7	5	4	6	9	7	8	7	8	9	7	7	9	9	9	10	7
Chill °C (?)	1	0	0	3	2	3	5	0	8	9	4	6	4	5	4	5	5	5	8	9	10	6
Sunrise	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	7:48	-	-	8:17	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:20	-	-	4:23	-	-	4:29	-	-	4:25	-	-	4:15	-	-	4:05	-	-	4:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.8 NNW	1.8 N	1.2 N	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.8 W	0.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	1.5 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	-	7	12	12	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	0.9 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	11	11	10	14	10	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.7 S	1.2 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WNW	2.0 WNW	-	2.2 NW	2.5 NW	2.0 NW	1.3 NW	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	4	-	-	4	7	7	-	-	10	12	9	10	-	10	10	9	9	-

	Tue	Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
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	Garrettstown Cork	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Barley Cove Cork	Lahinch Strand Clare	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Coumeenole Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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	0.3 WSW	2.4 NNW	0.7 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	13	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	1313	1767	2389	1922	1568	1288	1190	1098	981	892	43	714	120	80	130	612	576	502	824	750	685	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	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)				5:17AM 3.05				5:29PM 3.05				5:47AM 3.12				5:42PM 3.05				5:53AM 3.22
Low Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 0.40				11:17AM 0.44				11:31PM 0.38				10:33AM 0.38				11:46PM 0.37				11:59AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	6	7	5	7	7	9	6	6	5	4	3
Chill °C (?)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	2	4	3	7	6	3	2	0	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.6 N	1.4 N	1.2 N	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	0.2 NNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	5	17	10	10	10	10	14	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	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	0.8 N	2.4 NNW	0.8 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	4	8	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	3	4	4

	Tuesday 18					Wednesday 19
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
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	Garrettstown Cork	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballinskelligs Bay Kerry	Barley Cove Cork	Lahinch Strand Clare	Silver Strand (Malin Beg) Donegal	Coumeenole Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	0.2 SSW	3.0 NNW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.5 NW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	11	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1049	1200	1313	1465	1652	1767	1925	2167	2389	2254	28	1922	81	51	97	1449	2298	1326	2525	2386	2386	2099
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											4:15AM 3.29	5:17AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)						11:01PM 0.40												11:01AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	6	7	6	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	1.3 NW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	0.5 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	6	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 W	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	11	12	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	1.3 NNE	3.0 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 N	1.2 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.5 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	5	10	4	3	5	10	11	10	10	10	10	10

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