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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

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Curransport Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Maghermore Wexford	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballycotton Cork	Portrush-East Strand Antrim	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Mossies (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Jacks Hole Wexford
Rating	2	3	2	1	0	4	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	4	4	3	0	3	3	0	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.7 S	2.3 WNW	1.3 SW	1.2 NW	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	1.2 S
Period(s)	11	10	10	9	9	14	13	12	12	5	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	6
Energy	359	773	244	114	141	1071	879	435	400	60	1687	543	360	1124	1613	655	561	720	780	440	534	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 3.48	7:31PM 3.18	8:05AM 2.63		7:57PM 3.18	8:27AM 2.82		9:03PM 2.74			8:49PM 3.32	10:31AM 1.47		9:55PM 2.95	10:35AM 2.41		9:51PM 3.23	11:07AM 2.31		11:51PM 2.71	5:23AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			1:37AM 0.55		2:01PM 0.53	2:06AM 0.61		2:42PM 0.54	3:15AM 0.67	8:06AM 0.34	3:13PM 0.66	3:15AM 0.80	4:41AM 0.89	3:57PM 0.67		4:33AM 0.90	4:34PM 0.83		5:02AM 0.94	5:25PM 0.91		11:18AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	5	5	2	10	3	1	-	1	3	10	4	-	-	-	2	1	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	11	13	12	10	13	13	11	12	12	12	13	14	14	17
Low °C	14	13	12	13	12	10	11	13	11	12	11	9	12	11	10	10	12	11	12	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	15	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	8	11	9	7	11	11	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	16
Sunrise	5:03	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:03	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:00
Sunset	-	9:52	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:00	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:02	-	-	10:05	-	-	10:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.1 N	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.7 S	-	1.3 SW	1.2 NW	2.1 W	2.5 W	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.4 WNW	1.6 W	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	7	14	13	12	12	5	-	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	9	14	8	7	18	7	8	4	6	10	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 W	2.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.3 SW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.8 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	-	3	4	13	4	2	-	-	3	-	-	4	3	3	6

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Ardmore Waterford	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Ballycotton Cork	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Magheraroarty Strand Donegal	Curransport Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Slivebawn Right Donegal	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Lackan Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Slivebawn Right Donegal
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	2.2 W	1.2 W
Period(s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	11	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	359	335	773	691	371	244	201	205	114	90	141	304	1375	1071	796	1003	879	402	435	407	1306	400
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:10AM 2.98			6:20PM 3.48					8:05AM 2.63								8:27AM 2.82				8:35PM 3.13
Low Tide / height (m)							1:28AM 0.54				2:01PM 0.53				2:14AM 0.63				2:42PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	1	-	-	3
Temp. °C	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	12	16	12	10	10	10	11	12	13	13	12	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	12	11	12	12	12	9	12	10	10	15	10	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.2 N	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	7	13	11	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.9 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	9	14	14	9	8	9	13	7	7	18	18	14	7	14	7	8	-	4	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	2.2 W	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	12	3

	Monday 01																Tuesday 02
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Smerwick Harbour Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Ballinknockane (Brandon Bay) Kerry	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Gweebarra (Dooey beach) Donegal	Bunatrahir Bay Mayo and Achill Island	Kilcummin Harbour Mayo and Achill Island	Kilcummin Kerry
Rating	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 W
Period(s)	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy	506	359	359	341	341	335	271	773	773	773	705	691	691	379	371	371	364	244	240	296	201	289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												6:20PM 3.48
Low Tide / height (m)							1:09PM 0.48												1:37AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	1.3 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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