Donegal · faces W

Rossnowlagh

Updated Sun 11 Oct, 19:36

Slow, friendly lefts and rights on a long sandy beach, the softest wave in the area and ideal for learners and longboards. Mid to high tide is best, as it closes out at low. It’s always smaller than its neighbours, so it’s where to go when they’re too big or blown out. An easterly wind cleans it up. A rip runs by the cliff at the south end.

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Day	Surf	Swell	Wind mph
MonMonday12 Oct	1ft	1.2ft10sW	4–12 crosscross-shore
TueTuesday13 Oct	2ft	4.2ft4sWSW	11–21ggusts 28 ononshore
WedWednesday14 Oct	2–3ft	4.6ft10sW	21ggusts 32 crosscross-shore
ThuThursday15 Oct	3–4ft	7.2ft9sW	4–15 ononshore
FriFriday16 Oct	3–4ft	7.2ft9sWNW	6–17 cross-oncross-onshore
SatSaturday17 Oct	2–3ft	4.7ft8sWNW	1–9 crosscross-shore
SunSunday18 Oct	1ft	2.8ft8sWNW	2–21 cross-oncross-onshore
MonMonday19 Oct	1–2ft	1.9ft11sW	6–12 offoffshore
TueTuesday20 Oct	2ft	3.0ft10sWNW	10ggusts 13 cross-offcross-offshore
WedWednesday21 Oct	1ft	1.9ft10sW	6ggusts 21 offoffshore

Squares rate the day in four parts, early → evening. Stars, surf, swell and wind are for the day's best two hours in a row still to come, from the weaker of the two; each day is hour by hour below.

During the day, early → evening
Good — waves, clean surface
Fair — small or choppy
Poor — flat or blown out
Stars out of 5; faded ones are lost to the wind
Wind clean, choppy or blown out; g is gusts
Swell period 12s groundswell, 6s windswell

Monday 12 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 14.5°C

LW 01:07 −1.9m
HW 07:21 +1.5m
LW 13:23 −1.9m
HW 19:43 +1.6m
Sunrise 07:56
Sunset 18:42

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	1.2ft10sW	7ggusts 11 crosscross-shore	+1.1m ↑ high	14°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.2ft10sW	4–12 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.9m ↓ high	15°C
fair	12:00	1ft	1.3ft10sW	3–10 crosscross-shore	−1.4m ↓ low	16°C
fair	15:00	1ft	1.4ft9sW	11ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.3m ↑ low	16°C
poor	18:00	1ft	1.3ft9sW	19ggusts 28 crosscross-shore	+1.0m ↑ high	17°C
poor	21:00	1ft	1.2ft9sW3.7ft4sSW	20ggusts 30 crosscross-shore	+1.2m ↓ high	17°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 13 Oct

Up to 3–5ft · sea 14.4°C

LW 01:44 −1.8m
HW 07:56 +1.3m
LW 14:01 −1.8m
HW 20:11 +1.1m
Sunrise 07:58
Sunset 18:40

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	1–2ft	2.4ft8sW2.0ft3sWSW	11–19ggusts 22 ononshore	+0.7m ↑ high	13°C
poor	09:00	2ft	4.6ft5sWSW1.7ft8sW	13–19ggusts 27 cross-oncross-onshore	+1.1m ↓ high	13°C
poor	12:00	3–4ft	8.1ft6sW	21–28ggusts 34 ononshore	−1.1m ↓ low	12°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	9.3ft7sW	18–28ggusts 37 ononshore	−1.6m ↑ low	14°C
poor	18:00	3–4ft	6.0ft9sW4.7ft5sW	14–22ggusts 30 ononshore	+0.3m ↑ high	13°C
fair	21:00	3–4ft	6.2ft9sW	8–17ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	+1.0m ↓ high	11°C

Waves: DWD EWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 14 Oct

Up to 4–5ft · sea 14.3°C

LW 02:12 −1.8m
HW 08:34 +1.1m
LW 14:28 −1.5m
HW 20:44 +1.2m
Sunrise 08:00
Sunset 18:37

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
poor	06:00	2–3ft	4.7ft10sW	18ggusts 29 crosscross-shore	+0.2m ↑ high	13°C
poor	09:00	2–3ft	4.7ft10sW	18–24ggusts 34 crosscross-shore	+1.1m ↓ high	14°C
poor	12:00	2–3ft	5.1ft10sW	21–29ggusts 40 crosscross-shore	−0.6m ↓ mid	16°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	6.2ft11sW	24–30ggusts 43 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.5m ↑ low	17°C
poor	18:00	4–5ft	7.6ft13sW	21–29ggusts 43 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.2m ↑ mid	16°C
poor	21:00	3–4ft	6.8ft10sW	12–26ggusts 39 cross-oncross-onshore	+1.2m ↓ high	16°C

Waves: DWD EWAM, Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Thursday 15 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 14.3°C

LW 02:49 −1.4m
HW 09:08 +1.1m
LW 15:16 −1.4m
HW 21:26 +0.7m
Sunrise 08:01
Sunset 18:35

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	3–4ft	7.2ft10sW	2–12 ononshore	+0.0m ↑ mid	10°C
fair	09:00	3–4ft	7.2ft9sW	4–15 ononshore	+1.1m ↑ high	11°C
poor	12:00	3–4ft	6.9ft9sWNW	6–17 ononshore	−0.1m ↓ mid	12°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	6.8ft10sWNW	9–18ggusts 21 ononshore	−1.4m ↓ low	13°C
poor	18:00	3–4ft	6.7ft10sWNW4.5ft5sW	7–18ggusts 23 ononshore	−0.3m ↑ mid	12°C
poor	21:00	3–4ft	6.6ft10sWNW4.3ft4sW	7–18ggusts 23 ononshore	+0.7m ↑ high	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Friday 16 Oct

Up to 3–4ft · sea 14.2°C

LW 03:24 −1.4m
HW 09:40 +0.7m
LW 15:55 −1.4m
HW 22:02 +0.2m
Sunrise 08:03
Sunset 18:32

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	3–4ft	7.1ft9sWNW	6–17ggusts 18 ononshore	−0.5m ↑ mid	8°C
fair	09:00	3–4ft	7.2ft9sWNW	6–17 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.6m ↑ high	9°C
fair	12:00	3–4ft	6.8ft9sWNW	10–19 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.0m ↓ high	12°C
poor	15:00	3–4ft	6.4ft9sWNW	12ggusts 19 cross-oncross-onshore	−1.3m ↓ low	13°C
fair	18:00	2–3ft	6.0ft8sWNW	10ggusts 14 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.9m ↑ low	10°C
fair	21:00	2–3ft	5.7ft8sWNW	3–10 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.1m ↑ high	5°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Saturday 17 Oct

Up to 2–3ft · sea 14.1°C

LW 03:54 −1.3m
HW 10:31 +0.3m
LW 16:46 −1.2m
HW 23:00 −0.1m
Sunrise 08:05
Sunset 18:30

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	2–3ft	4.9ft8sWNW	1–8 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.9m ↑ low	2°C
good	09:00	2–3ft	4.7ft8sWNW	1–9 crosscross-shore	+0.1m ↑ high	6°C
fair	12:00	1ft	4.0ft9sWNW	0–8 cross-oncross-onshore	+0.1m ↓ high	11°C
good	15:00	1–2ft	4.1ft9sWNW	3–11 ononshore	−1.0m ↓ low	12°C
good	18:00	1–2ft	4.3ft8sWNW	2–14 ononshore	−1.1m ↑ low	9°C
good	21:00	1–2ft	4.0ft8sWNW	3–13 crosscross-shore	−0.3m ↑ high	6°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Sunday 18 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 14.1°C

LW 04:49 −1.1m
HW 11:44 +0.1m
LW 18:10 −1.1m
Sunrise 08:07
Sunset 18:28

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
fair	06:00	1ft	3.0ft8sWNW	3–16 crosscross-shore	−1.1m ↑ low	7°C
fair	09:00	1ft	2.8ft8sWNW	2–21 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.2m ↑ high	8°C
fair	12:00	1ft	2.4ft7sWNW	2–22 ononshore	+0.1m ↓ high	11°C
fair	15:00	1ft	2.3ft7sWNW	4–19 ononshore	−0.6m ↓ mid	12°C
fair	18:00	1ft	2.0ft8sWNW	5–15 ononshore	−1.1m ↓ low	12°C
fair	21:00	1ft	2.2ft8sWNW	5–16 cross-oncross-onshore	−0.6m ↑ mid	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of Met Office, ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Monday 19 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 14°C

HW 00:11 −0.2m
LW 06:12 −1.0m
HW 13:05 +0.1m
LW 19:39 −1.0m
Sunrise 08:09
Sunset 18:25

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	1–2ft	2.0ft8sW0.7ft15sW	6ggusts 9 cross-offcross-offshore	−1.0m ↓ low	8°C
good	09:00	1–2ft	1.6ft8sW1.2ft14sW	7ggusts 9 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.6m ↑ mid	10°C
good	12:00	1–2ft	1.9ft11sW1.2ft9sW	6–12 offoffshore	+0.0m ↑ high	12°C
fair	15:00	2ft	2.4ft12sW	8–14 offoffshore	−0.1m ↓ high	13°C
good	18:00	2ft	3.0ft12sW	9ggusts 16 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.8m ↓ low	12°C
good	21:00	2ft	3.2ft11sW	8ggusts 15 offoffshore	−0.9m ↑ low	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, DWD ICON, NOAA GFS

Tuesday 20 Oct

Up to 2ft · sea 13.9°C

HW 01:53 −0.2m
LW 07:48 −1.0m
HW 14:26 +0.3m
LW 21:04 −1.1m
Sunrise 08:11
Sunset 18:23

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	2ft	3.3ft10sW	7ggusts 10 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.8m ↓ low	9°C
good	09:00	2ft	3.1ft10sWNW	9ggusts 12 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.9m ↑ low	10°C
fair	12:00	1–2ft	2.8ft10sWNW	10–16 cross-offcross-offshore	−0.1m ↑ mid	12°C
fair	15:00	1–2ft	2.6ft9sWNW	9–16ggusts 17 cross-offcross-offshore	+0.3m ↓ high	13°C
good	18:00	1–2ft	2.3ft9sWNW	7–14ggusts 19 offoffshore	−0.4m ↓ mid	12°C
good	21:00	1–2ft	2.0ft9sWNW0.8ft15sWNW	10ggusts 19 offoffshore	−1.1m ↓ low	11°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS

Wednesday 21 Oct

Up to 1ft · sea 13.9°C

Sunrise 08:13
Sunset 18:21

	Time	Surf	Swell	Wind mph	Tide	SkyWeather
good	06:00	1–2ft	2.1ft11sW	6ggusts 21 offoffshore	No tide forecast this far ahead	9°C
fair	09:00	1ft	1.9ft10sW	6ggusts 21 offoffshore		10°C
fair	12:00	1ft	1.8ft10sW	5–11ggusts 19 cross-offcross-offshore		13°C
fair	15:00	1ft	1.6ft10sW	9ggusts 17 cross-offcross-offshore		13°C
fair	18:00	1ft	1.4ft10sW	7ggusts 17 cross-offcross-offshore		13°C
fair	21:00	1ft	1.3ft11sW	2–8ggusts 16 offoffshore		12°C

Waves: Météo-France MFWAM, ECMWF WAM · Wind: the median of ECMWF IFS, NOAA GFS