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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

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	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	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballycotton Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Kilcummin Kerry	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Tralee Bay Kerry	Culdaff Donegal	Dooega Mayo and Achill Island	Dooagh Mayo and Achill Island	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Black Rocks Antrim	Black Rocks Antrim	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	0	0	5	0	0	1	2	9	6	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	9	5	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	6.0 NW	5.5 NW	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 WNW	0.9 NW	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	16	14	12	11	6	8	16	16	16	14	13	12	11	11	13	12	15	14	15	12	12
Energy(?)	444	17269	12129	3473	3391	254	500	17556	11188	3483	3451	3023	3138	1830	991	1099	799	1745	411	9379	6583	4161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 6.29		2:44PM 6.27		3:16AM 6.75	4:08PM 2.71		3:01AM 3.63	3:34PM 3.60		5:06AM 7.31	5:25PM 3.08		5:38AM 3.47	5:57PM 3.20		5:20AM 3.84	5:36PM 3.82	6:36PM 7.80	5:46AM 3.62
Low Tide / height (m)		8:33AM 2.46		9:07PM 2.42	9:46AM 1.94		10:00PM 0.57	9:17AM 0.39		10:53PM 0.24	11:27AM 0.78		11:18PM 0.18	11:47AM 0.07		12:03AM 0.57	11:46AM 0.19		12:46AM 0.36		12:05PM 0.20	11:44PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	2	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	9	7	7	8	9	11	10	9	12	10	10	12	10	7	7	6	8	7	5	7	9	9
Low °C	7	6	7	7	9	10	9	9	11	9	10	11	9	6	7	3	6	6	2	4	7	6
Chill °C (?)	5	1	2	4	4	8	7	6	10	7	8	9	7	3	5	4	4	2	1	3	6	4
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	3.5 NW	0.5 N	0.1 W	0.6 W	6.0 WNW	5.0 WNW	2.5 NW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NW	1.4 NW	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	18	-	-	12	13	21	17	16	16	16	14	13	12	11	11	10	12	10	14	16	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 N	-	1.2 NW	0.2 NNW	1.1 WNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	13	18	15	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	6.0 NW	5.5 NW	-	4.0 WNW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	0.3 SSE	4.0 NW	5.0 WNW	4.0 WNW
Period (s)	6	16	14	-	11	6	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	11	10	10	2	15	12	12

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	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	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Sandy Bay Kerry	Sandy Bay Kerry	Culdaff Donegal	Tenby (South Beach) Wales - Pembrokeshire	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballycotton Cork	Ballycotton Cork	Wisemans Bridge Wales - Pembrokeshire	Garrettstown Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Sandy Bay Kerry
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	1.9 WNW	5.5 NW	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	0.8 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 NW	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.0 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	5.0 WNW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	7	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	15	8	8	8	8	16	16	16
Energy(?)	468	444	505	484	492	12743	9002	5806	4302	4565	236	2704	3391	4667	12323	1149	571	158	751	444	391	13276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:54AM 6.29									3:36AM 2.94				3:51PM 6.82				3:09AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)	7:34PM 2.78				8:33AM 2.46				7:58PM 1.11	9:22PM 0.66				9:57AM 0.57				9:21PM 0.68				9:17AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	8	8	7	7	6	7	9	9	5	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	10
Chill °C (?)	5	4	4	2	2	0	2	6	6	1	6	3	4	4	4	4	8	6	3	7	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	-	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	4.0 NW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 N	0.9 NNW	0.7 N	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	5.0 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	-	-	13	13	12	12	-	13	12	12	-	7	8	18	8	8	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.9 WNW	5.5 NW	4.5 NW	-	1.9 W	-	0.8 W	3.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	5.0 NW	3.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.4 W	2.0 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	15	14	-	12	-	6	11	11	12	15	8	8	3	8	-	-	-

	Friday 27	Saturday 28
	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	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Sandy Bay Kerry	Sandy Bay Kerry	Culdaff Donegal	Tenby (South Beach) Wales - Pembrokeshire	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballycotton Cork	Ballycotton Cork	Wisemans Bridge Wales - Pembrokeshire	Garrettstown Cork	Garrettstown Cork	Sandy Bay Kerry
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	5.5 WNW	5.5 NW	7.5 WNW	0.6 W	6.5 NW	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	1.9 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.5 NW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	8	8	15	12	12	14
Energy(?)	386	468	468	457	446	21839	21785	15982	15625	27381	215	20635	19237	18562	17269	485	30	22	150	261	261	7086
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																				1:34PM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 2.78													8:59AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	9	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	7	5	5	5	4	0	1	2	2	-1	2	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	4	6	6	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	4.5 NW
Period (s)	10	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	15	8	8	15	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	20	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	14	14	11	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.4 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	5.5 WNW	5.5 NW	7.5 WNW	1.5 W	6.5 NW	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	6.0 NW	1.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.6 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	17	17	16	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	7	3	3	6	3	3	-

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