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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

	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Cregg Beach Clare	Ballinknockane Kerry	Garrettstown Cork	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tralee Bay Kerry	Bundoran Donegal	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Easky Left Sligo	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Easky Left Sligo	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Castlerock Londonderry	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ardnave Point and Bay (Islay) Scot - Inner Hebrides	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal
Rating	3	4	9	4	0	4	0	0	4	5	3	5	4	0	0	6	0	3	0	7	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	2.0 W	2.4 SW	1.4 W	2.5 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.1 N	2.2 W	1.1 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.3 WNW	3.5 W	0.1 W	2.5 W	2.5 WNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	14	13	13	11	10	11	12	17	16	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	24	13	15
Energy(?)	297	979	1627	879	2609	2767	2499	1320	2	2692	1219	7125	3532	2865	2029	5353	5369	750	4885	11	2192	3900
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 3.50	5:48PM 3.88		6:13AM 4.58		6:22PM 3.94	6:22AM 3.99		7:09PM 3.68	7:14AM 4.24		8:31PM 3.17	8:58AM 3.01		8:36PM 3.71	9:21AM 3.19		9:57PM 2.81	10:33AM 2.69		11:01PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	12:20AM 0.11			11:54PM 0.25		12:04PM -0.05	12:14AM 0.20		12:44PM -0.02	1:30AM 0.11		2:05PM 0.11	2:30AM 0.22		2:56PM 0.31			3:50PM 0.58		4:12AM 0.71	4:37PM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	3	2	-	2	1	8	4	-	6	1	1	1	-	1	-	2	7	11	1	-	8
High °C	8	9	9	5	8	8	10	9	12	11	10	12	12	10	11	9	9	13	12	11	11	10
Low °C	7	9	8	4	5	8	6	8	12	9	10	12	9	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	10	7
Chill °C (?)	4	6	7	0	3	4	5	4	9	8	7	9	9	6	7	5	5	10	8	7	8	8
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:44	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	2.0 W	2.4 SW	1.4 W	2.5 W	0.5 N	3.0 W	0.4 NNW	0.1 N	1.4 W	1.5 NW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.4 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	1.3 WNW	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	12	14	13	13	11	11	11	18	11	16	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	1.0 ESE	0.6 N	0.8 N	-	0.7 N	0.1 NW	-	-	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	7	16	14	-	12	24	-	-	17	11	9	8	8	12	11	-	11	24	14	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	0.4 S	-	1.1 SE	0.6 SE	3.0 WNW	-	2.5 W	4.0 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	3	-	4	4	13	-	10	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	5	-

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Ballinknockane Kerry	Doughmore Clare	Cregg Beach Clare	Kilcummin Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballybunion Kerry	Garrettstown Cork	Doughmore Clare	Easky Left Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballycotton Cork	Dunmoran Strand Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	9	7	5	4	4	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	5.0 WSW	5.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	1.4 WSW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	437	283	315	404	586	1494	1546	4513	3909	11851	8233	3672	1955	1617	4849	441	4731	1600	1749	913	2186	2565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:24PM 3.10			5:30AM 4.27				5:38PM 3.74					7:05AM 3.65				7:09PM 3.28				7:34AM 3.63
Low Tide / height (m)						11:32AM 0.03									1:11PM 0.01				1:14AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	-	-	3	4	-	6
Temp. °C	3	4	10	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	7	5	4	5	8	8	6	5	7	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	-4	-3	7	6	5	7	7	6	5	6	7	2	0	1	4	5	2	1	1	6	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	5.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	0.8 N	-	3.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.0 WNW	0.6 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	-	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 N	1.0 E	-	0.9 N	0.7 N	0.3 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	-	10	9	12	18	7	-	13	14	14	-	-	12	12	12	11	24	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	5.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 SE	0.9 ESE	4.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.5 W	-	0.7 S	-	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	5	12	11	12	-	4	-	10	11

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18
	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	Ballinknockane Kerry	Doughmore Clare	Cregg Beach Clare	Kilcummin Kerry	Ballinknockane Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballybunion Kerry	Garrettstown Cork	Doughmore Clare	Easky Left Sligo	Falcarragh Beach Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballycotton Cork	Dunmoran Strand Sligo	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal
Rating	0	0	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	9	7	5	4	4	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.6 SW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	743	437	541	556	351	397	321	642	315	805	353	317	163	117	222	744	127	110	256	129	338	437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:24PM 3.10												6:33AM 3.58
Low Tide / height (m)						11:08PM 0.36													12:39PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	3	3	8	8	7	8	9	10	9	10	9	5	3	3	3	9	5	3	4	4	5	4
Chill °C (?)	-4	-4	4	3	2	3	5	6	5	7	5	-2	-4	-4	-4	7	-1	-4	-2	-3	-1	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	2.0 SE	1.2 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 W	1.6 ESE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	1.6 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	-	11	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	13	12	10	12	12	12	17	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	2.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SE	3.0 ESE	2.0 SE	-	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	11	4	-	4	5	5	7	5	-	4	4	5	4	5	5

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