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Bundoran

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48
Fresh · chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s
Waves
1.2 m
11 s period from WNW · model cell 0.8 km out
Sea
15.0°
Fresh. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 217 km away.
Tide
1.8 m
Falling, nearly low. Low at 16:20.
Wind
20 km/h
Moderate breeze, SW, cross, gusts 56
Daylight
07:36
Sunrise. Sunset 19:08. Air 12°C.

Best surf each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
15:00
Decent 63/100
chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 1.2 m · 14 km/h
▼ 03:30 ▲ 10:10 ▼ 16:20 ▲ 22:35
Sat, 3 Oct
11:00
Decent 79/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.0 m · 17 km/h
▼ 04:30 ▲ 11:00 ▼ 17:35
Sun, 4 Oct
13:00
Decent 70/100
chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind · 1.0 m · 23 km/h
▲ 00:00 ▼ 05:40 ▲ 12:35 ▼ 19:15
Mon, 5 Oct
14:00
Decent 71/100
chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind · 1.1 m · 22 km/h
▲ 01:35 ▼ 07:30 ▲ 14:05 ▼ 20:55
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Fresh 50/100
waist-high 0.8 m, period 10 s, light onshore · 0.8 m · 13 km/h
▲ 03:00 ▼ 08:50 ▲ 15:30 ▼ 22:00
Wed, 7 Oct
16:00
Decent 62/100
chest-high 0.9 m, period 10 s, onshore wind · 0.9 m · 25 km/h
▲ 04:10 ▼ 10:00 ▲ 16:20 ▼ 22:50
Thu, 8 Oct
13:00
Grim 0/100
no wave data here · 9 km/h
▲ 04:55 ▼ 10:40 ▲ 17:10 ▼ 23:25

Week at a glance

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Fri 14:0049 · Freshchest-high 1.2 m · period 11 s
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 13:00 · 52 FreshFri 14:00 · 49 FreshFri 15:00 · 63 DecentFri 16:00 · 52 FreshFri 17:00 · 45 FreshFri 18:00 · 31 BlowyFri 19:00 · 35 BlowyFri 20:00 · 63 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 58 Fresh · nightFri 22:00 · 44 Blowy · nightFri 23:00 · 62 Decent · nightSat 00:00 · 74 Decent · nightSat 01:00 · 71 Decent · nightSat 02:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSat 05:00 · 61 Fresh · nightSat 06:00 · 64 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 70 DecentSat 09:00 · 73 DecentSat 10:00 · 76 DecentSat 11:00 · 79 DecentSat 12:00 · 76 DecentSat 13:00 · 73 DecentSat 14:00 · 70 DecentSat 15:00 · 67 DecentSat 16:00 · 64 DecentSat 17:00 · 61 FreshSat 18:00 · 60 FreshSat 19:00 · 63 DecentSat 20:00 · 67 Decent · nightSat 21:00 · 70 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 76 Decent · nightSun 00:00 · 71 Decent · nightSun 01:00 · 67 Decent · nightSun 02:00 · 64 Decent · nightSun 03:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 04:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSun 05:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 06:00 · 52 Fresh · nightSun 07:00 · 55 Fresh · nightSun 08:00 · 58 FreshSun 09:00 · 61 FreshSun 10:00 · 64 DecentSun 11:00 · 66 DecentSun 12:00 · 69 DecentSun 13:00 · 70 DecentSun 14:00 · 67 DecentSun 15:00 · 64 DecentSun 16:00 · 56 FreshSun 17:00 · 58 FreshSun 18:00 · 55 FreshSun 19:00 · 52 FreshSun 20:00 · 53 Fresh · nightSun 21:00 · 57 Fresh · nightSun 22:00 · 60 Fresh · nightSun 23:00 · 63 Decent · nightMon 00:00 · 66 Decent · nightMon 01:00 · 77 Decent · nightMon 02:00 · 70 Decent · nightMon 03:00 · 66 Decent · nightMon 04:00 · 63 Decent · nightMon 05:00 · 59 Fresh · nightMon 06:00 · 44 Blowy · nightMon 07:00 · 53 Fresh · nightMon 08:00 · 53 FreshMon 09:00 · 56 FreshMon 10:00 · 59 FreshMon 11:00 · 62 DecentMon 12:00 · 65 DecentMon 13:00 · 68 DecentMon 14:00 · 71 DecentMon 15:00 · 68 DecentMon 16:00 · 65 DecentMon 17:00 · 62 DecentMon 18:00 · 60 FreshMon 19:00 · 57 FreshMon 22:00 · 55 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 72 Decent · nightTue 04:00 · 74 Decent · nightTue 07:00 · 63 Decent · nightTue 10:00 · 36 BlowyTue 13:00 · 45 FreshTue 16:00 · 50 FreshTue 19:00 · 41 BlowyTue 22:00 · 32 Blowy · nightWed 01:00 · 42 Blowy · nightWed 04:00 · 51 Fresh · nightWed 07:00 · 42 Blowy · nightWed 10:00 · 18 GrimWed 13:00 · 27 GrimWed 16:00 · 62 DecentWed 19:00 · 55 FreshWed 22:00 · 46 Fresh · nightThu 01:00 · 50 Fresh · nightThu 07:00 · 0 Grim · nightThu 13:00 · 0 GrimThu 19:00 · 0 Grim

Fri, 2 Oct, 14:00

49 Fresh
  • chest-high 1.2 m
  • period 11 s
  • cross-shore wind
  • low-ish tide
  • rain
  • cross wind
NESWsunrisesunset1.2 m20 km/h
faces 317° NW · wind cross
Waves
1.2 m @ 11 s from WNW
Wind
20 km/h SW · gusts 56
Tide
1.8 m · lower half
Air
12°C · 4.3 mm rain

Meteogram

Score, waves, wind (green offshore, amber cross, red onshore), rain and air, tide

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeSurfWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
14:0049 Fresh1.2 m (0.9 swell)11 sWNW20 km/h SW561.8 m 4.3 mm12°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
15:0063 Decent1.2 m (0.9 swell)11 sWNW14 km/h SW481.4 m 0.3 mm14°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
16:0052 Fresh1.3 m (0.9 swell)11 sWNW24 km/h WSW441.3 m ▼0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
17:0045 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW26 km/h W441.3 m ▼dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
18:0031 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW29 km/h W471.6 m dry14°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
19:0035 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW29 km/h W442.0 m dry13°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
20:0063 Decent1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW27 km/h WSW412.6 m dry13°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
21:0058 Fresh1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW27 km/h W403.0 m dry12°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
22:0044 Blowy1.3 m (0.8 swell)11 sWNW30 km/h WNW383.2 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.3 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
23:0062 Decent1.3 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW25 km/h W373.3 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, onshore wind
Saturday, 3 October
00:0074 Decent1.2 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW16 km/h WSW353.1 m dry11°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
01:0071 Decent1.2 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW17 km/h SW332.6 m dry11°chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
02:0067 Decent1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW16 km/h SW312.1 m dry10°chest-high 1.1 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
03:0064 Decent1.1 m (0.7 swell)11 sWNW16 km/h SW291.6 m dry11°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0061 Fresh1.1 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SW291.4 m ▼dry10°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0061 Fresh1.1 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SW291.4 m ▼dry11°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0064 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW16 km/h SW291.6 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0067 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SW282.0 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0070 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SW282.5 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0073 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h SSW272.9 m dry11°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0076 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW14 km/h SW263.2 m ▲dry12°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0079 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW17 km/h WSW273.4 m ▲dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0076 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h WSW273.3 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0073 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW12 km/h W263.0 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
14:0070 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW7 km/h W262.6 m dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
15:0067 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW6 km/h SSW262.1 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
16:0064 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SSW281.7 m dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
17:0061 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SSW301.5 m ▼dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
18:0060 Fresh1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW11 km/h SSW311.5 m ▼dry15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
19:0063 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSW311.6 m dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
20:0067 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h SSW331.9 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
21:0070 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW8 km/h SSW362.3 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
22:0073 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW9 km/h S402.6 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
23:0076 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW13 km/h SSW422.9 m ▲dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
Sunday, 4 October
00:0071 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW19 km/h SSW463.0 m ▲dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
01:0067 Decent1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW482.9 m ▲dry14°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
02:0064 Decent1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW29 km/h SSW492.6 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
03:0060 Fresh1.0 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW28 km/h SSW492.2 m dry13°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
04:0057 Fresh1.1 m (0.7 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW481.9 m dry12°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
05:0053 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW471.7 m ▼0.1 mm13°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
06:0052 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW19 km/h SSW451.6 m ▼0.1 mm13°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
07:0055 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW21 km/h SSW431.7 m ▼0.1 mm14°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
08:0058 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW22 km/h SW422.0 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.1 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
09:0061 Fresh1.1 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SSW412.4 m 0.1 mm15°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
10:0064 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SSW412.7 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
11:0066 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW24 km/h SSW413.0 m 0.1 mm16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
12:0069 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW25 km/h SSW423.2 m ▲dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
13:0070 Decent1.0 m (0.6 swell)10 sWNW23 km/h SSW423.3 m ▲dry16°chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

Where the energy comes from

Wave energy (H²·T) this week by direction, against the swell window

Swell arriving between WSW and NNE reaches this spot; anything else is blocked by land and counts for much less.

Tide today

Killybegs, 19 km away · metres above chart datum
03:3010:1016:2022:35
Low 03:30 · 1.1 mHigh 10:10 · 3.6 mLow 16:20 · 1.2 mHigh 22:35 · 3.3 m

The spot

Faces
317° NW
Swell window
WSW 250° → NNE 30°
Exposure
Bay · model cell 0.8 km out
Water
Excellent Quality · Blue Flag

Facing and swell window are derived from the wave model's coastline around the spot, not surveyed. Know better? Tell us.

Water quality

Recent grades: 2024 Excellent, 2023 Excellent, 2022 Excellent. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

Lifeguard: YesToiletsParkingYesAccessible: YesNo dogs (Dogs are not permitted on any area of this beach from 11 am to 7 pm (1st June to 15th September annually))

As listed by Donegal County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

Salt and Ember Sauna · Bundoran (also Creevy Pier, Rossnowlagh Beach) · right here · mobile

OM Saunas · Rossnowlagh Beach, The Dunes · 9 km · mobile

Blaze It Sauna · Mullaghmore Pier, Co. Sligo · 11 km · mobile

Secret Sauna · Donegal Bay coast near Mountcharles · 17 km · mobile

Bundoran beach consists of a sandy beach in a sheltered bay facing Donegal Bay and the Atlantic. It contains a large sandbank which can change substantially with tidal changes. As part of Donegal Bay Bundoran has a wide diversity of both plant and animal species including some rare bird species. The catchment area is an idyllic location for bird watching and ecological activities. Activities at Bundoran beach include swimming, surfing and other land-based activities such as football, kite flying, etc.

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🏄 Bundoran surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.2 mFri, 2 Oct 14:30–15:30 · chest-high 1.2 m, period 11 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Bundoran surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.0 mSat, 3 Oct 10:30–11:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind
🏄 Bundoran surf · Decent · sea 15° · 1.0 mSun, 4 Oct 12:30–13:30 · chest-high 1.0 m, period 10 s, cross-shore wind

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Score is Dipper's own blend. It rates comfort, not safety. Forecast: Met Éireann. Waves: Marine Institute Irish Shelf wave model.