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

	Wed		Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballycotton Cork	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Culdaff Donegal	Barley Cove Cork	Ballinknockane Kerry	Croyde Devon (North)	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballycastle Antrim	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Cregg Beach Clare	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballinknockane Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Red Strand (Dirk Bay) Cork
Rating	2	4	4	4	2	0	4	3	4	3	0	0	3	3	1	0	4	3	4	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNW	3.0 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	4.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	10	12	12	13	12	8	10	9	13	11	12	11	13	12	11	14	13	8
Energy(?)	738	1401	1076	1270	555	878	1332	2785	4823	869	369	178	296	1228	73	331	1387	979	1134	609	420	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:53PM 2.90	9:09AM 3.39		8:35PM 3.28	8:53AM 3.51		10:32PM 2.49	10:56AM 2.73		10:00PM 1.76	10:56AM 2.07		11:26PM 2.87	11:59AM 2.84		1:53AM 2.27	7:41AM 1.77			9:56AM 0.71
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 0.34		3:47PM 0.47	2:25AM 0.84		3:05PM 0.70		4:29AM 0.78	4:18PM 0.79		4:40AM 0.77	12:51PM 0.38		5:52AM 1.11	12:56PM 0.79	7:25PM 1.14		2:29PM 0.36	8:50PM 0.94		3:20PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	1	7	8	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	4
High °C	6	9	7	7	5	7	6	9	8	8	6	6	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	8	9
Low °C	4	8	6	6	4	6	6	8	8	8	4	6	9	9	8	9	8	7	9	7	7	9
Chill °C (?)	4	5	5	7	0	4	1	5	5	4	0	0	5	6	6	5	5	6	7	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:49	-
Sunset	4:15	-	-	4:12	-	-	4:19	-	-	4:30	-	-	4:37	-	-	4:27	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNW	0.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.3 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	3.0 W	-	2.0 W	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	0.5 W	1.1 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	16	10	11	10	12	12	13	-	8	10	9	13	11	12	11	13	12	11	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.1 SW	0.9 NNW	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	1.1 W	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 WNW	0.1 SE	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 ENE	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.5 NNW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	9	18	10	-	7	-	-	15	-	12	8	11	10	12	7	9	-	4	15	10	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.6 NNW	-	4.0 WNW	0.7 NNW	-	0.6 SSE	2.5 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	5	-	8	-	12	7	-	3	6	-	3	2	4	-	-	-	5	8

	Wednesday 07			Thursday 08								Friday 09								Saturday 10
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Easky Left Sligo	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lossit Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Lossit Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycotton Cork	Ballycotton Cork	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Culdaff Donegal	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1308	665	1733	372	1481	1115	1360	1363	1131	1091	1006	1105	480	400	534	496	1062	322	511	2572	852	852
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 2.87	9:04PM 2.59			8:09AM 3.79	9:24AM 3.25			8:29PM 2.04							4:07PM 2.27		10:24PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34PM 0.27				1:40AM 0.63									3:21AM 0.49		10:01AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	5	3	4	4	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	6	7	5	5	5	5	6
Chill °C (?)	2	0	2	0	7	7	4	4	6	5	4	3	2	0	-2	2	2	1	2	2	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 N	1.4 N	1.4 W	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	2.4 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.9 W	1.3 W	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.3 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	11	12	-	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 N	0.8 NNW	1.1 N	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	9	8	9	15	14	9	9	14	-	15	-	8	8	-	-	-	15	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NNW	2.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.2 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	3	12	4	2	-	-	-

	Wednesday 07											Thursday 08
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Easky Left Sligo	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Loughros Beg Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lossit Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Lossit Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Machir Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballycotton Cork	Ballycotton Cork	Carskiey Bay Scot - Kintyre	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Dunaverty Bay Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre	Culdaff Donegal	Machrihanish Scot - Kintyre	Bellochantuy Bay Scot - Kintyre
Rating	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.1 N	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1191	945	732	682	1554	1284	1345	365	365	284	277	277	146	152	129	99	1058	122	262	1529	780	780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																3:27AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			2:40PM 0.30	3:03PM 0.28											2:37AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	4	6	4	5	9	9	9	3	3	5	4	4	4	6	7	4	8	6	7	5	7	7
Chill °C (?)	2	4	2	3	5	5	5	-1	0	2	0	-1	0	3	4	0	4	3	4	3	4	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 N	1.8 N	1.5 NNW	1.4 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.0 WNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	0.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.8 NNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 W	2.5 WNW	1.6 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	18	18	18	9	8	8	10	10	10	18	18	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.8 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.1 W	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	17	16	16	16	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	2.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 W	-	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	-	-	2	2	-	9	9	2	10	3	4	-	10	10

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