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Rathmullan

Good Quality 2025 faces N

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79
Decent · moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore
Waves
0.0 m
12 s period from N · model cell 1.8 km out
Sea
15.1°
Grand. M2 buoy, Irish Sea east of Dublin, 225 km away.
Tide
3.1 m
Rising, nearly high. High at 10:05.
Wind
22 km/h
Moderate breeze, S, offshore, gusts 39
Daylight
07:33
Sunrise. Sunset 19:05. Air 13°C.

Best dip each day

Daylight hours, preferring high tide
Today
10:00
Grand 90/100
moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry · 0.0 m · 27 km/h
▼ 03:55 ▲ 10:05 ▼ 16:30 ▲ 22:50
Sat, 3 Oct
11:00
Grand 99/100
light winds, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 11 km/h
▼ 04:50 ▲ 11:20 ▼ 17:55
Sun, 4 Oct
12:00
Grand 89/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 19 km/h
▲ 00:35 ▼ 06:05 ▲ 13:20 ▼ 20:00
Mon, 5 Oct
16:00
Grand 82/100
gentle breeze, showers possible, calm sea · 0.0 m · 18 km/h
▲ 02:20 ▼ 08:00 ▲ 15:00 ▼ 21:40
Tue, 6 Oct
16:00
Grand 91/100
gentle breeze, dry, calm sea · 0.0 m · 13 km/h
▲ 03:35 ▼ 09:25 ▲ 16:05 ▼ 22:35
Wed, 7 Oct
19:00
Decent 64/100
gentle breeze, rain · 13 km/h
▲ 04:40 ▼ 10:25 ▲ 16:55 ▼ 23:15
Thu, 8 Oct
19:00
Decent 73/100
moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, showers possible · 24 km/h
▲ 05:20 ▼ 11:10 ▲ 17:40 ▼ 23:55

Week at a glance

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Fri 08:0078 · Decentmoderate breeze · offshore, flatter inshore
Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 80003060912151821Fri 07:00 · 73 Decent · nightFri 08:00 · 78 DecentFri 09:00 · 82 GrandFri 10:00 · 90 GrandFri 11:00 · 62 DecentFri 12:00 · 65 DecentFri 13:00 · 38 BlowyFri 14:00 · 54 FreshFri 15:00 · 54 FreshFri 16:00 · 68 DecentFri 17:00 · 68 DecentFri 18:00 · 73 DecentFri 19:00 · 74 DecentFri 20:00 · 78 Decent · nightFri 21:00 · 83 Grand · nightFri 22:00 · 93 Grand · nightFri 23:00 · 96 Grand · nightSat 00:00 · 92 Grand · nightSat 01:00 · 82 Grand · nightSat 02:00 · 77 Decent · nightSat 03:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 04:00 · 68 Decent · nightSat 05:00 · 65 Decent · nightSat 06:00 · 69 Decent · nightSat 07:00 · 73 Decent · nightSat 08:00 · 78 DecentSat 09:00 · 87 GrandSat 10:00 · 91 GrandSat 11:00 · 99 GrandSat 12:00 · 91 GrandSat 13:00 · 87 GrandSat 14:00 · 83 GrandSat 15:00 · 78 DecentSat 16:00 · 70 DecentSat 17:00 · 70 DecentSat 18:00 · 66 DecentSat 19:00 · 71 DecentSat 20:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 21:00 · 75 Decent · nightSat 22:00 · 79 Decent · nightSat 23:00 · 83 Grand · nightSun 00:00 · 88 Grand · nightSun 01:00 · 88 Grand · nightSun 02:00 · 83 Grand · nightSun 03:00 · 78 Decent · nightSun 04:00 · 77 Decent · nightSun 05:00 · 68 Decent · nightSun 06:00 · 62 Decent · nightSun 07:00 · 70 Decent · nightSun 08:00 · 73 DecentSun 09:00 · 73 DecentSun 10:00 · 77 DecentSun 11:00 · 81 GrandSun 12:00 · 89 GrandSun 13:00 · 89 GrandSun 14:00 · 87 GrandSun 15:00 · 87 GrandSun 16:00 · 79 DecentSun 17:00 · 75 DecentSun 18:00 · 74 DecentSun 19:00 · 70 DecentSun 20:00 · 66 Decent · nightSun 21:00 · 70 Decent · nightSun 22:00 · 75 Decent · nightSun 23:00 · 79 Decent · nightMon 00:00 · 80 Grand · nightMon 01:00 · 84 Grand · nightMon 02:00 · 93 Grand · nightMon 03:00 · 87 Grand · nightMon 04:00 · 82 Grand · nightMon 05:00 · 77 Decent · nightMon 06:00 · 66 Decent · nightMon 07:00 · 61 Fresh · nightMon 10:00 · 66 DecentMon 13:00 · 68 DecentMon 16:00 · 82 GrandMon 19:00 · 69 DecentMon 22:00 · 60 Fresh · nightTue 01:00 · 74 Decent · nightTue 04:00 · 81 Grand · nightTue 07:00 · 73 Decent · nightTue 10:00 · 63 DecentTue 13:00 · 70 DecentTue 16:00 · 91 GrandTue 19:00 · 84 GrandTue 22:00 · 67 Decent · nightWed 01:00 · 75 Decent · nightWed 04:00 · 81 Grand · nightWed 07:00 · 73 Decent · nightWed 10:00 · 63 DecentWed 13:00 · 62 DecentWed 19:00 · 64 DecentThu 01:00 · 58 Fresh · nightThu 07:00 · 76 Decent · nightThu 13:00 · 69 DecentThu 19:00 · 73 Decent

Fri, 2 Oct, 08:00

78 Decent
  • moderate breeze
  • offshore, flatter inshore
  • dry
  • calm sea
  • offshore wind
NESWsunrisesunset0.0 m22 km/h
faces 10° N · wind offshore
Waves
0.0 m @ 12 s from N
Wind
22 km/h S · gusts 39
Tide
2.9 m · upper half
Air
13°C · dry

Meteogram

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

Hour by hour

Next 48 hours
TimeDipWavesPeriodFromWindGustTideRainAirWhy
Today
08:0078 Decent0.0 m12 sN22 km/h S392.9 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
09:0082 Grand0.0 m12 sN25 km/h S413.5 m ▲dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
10:0090 Grand0.0 m12 sN27 km/h S443.7 m ▲dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
11:0062 Decent0.0 m12 sN30 km/h S473.7 m ▲0.2 mm14°fresh breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, showers possible
12:0065 Decent0.0 m12 sNNE28 km/h S473.4 m 1.1 mm14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, rain
13:0038 Blowy0.0 m12 sNNE31 km/h S472.9 m 2.2 mm14°fresh breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, rain
14:0054 Fresh0.0 m12 sNNE19 km/h SSW462.3 m 2.1 mm13°gentle breeze, rain, calm sea
15:0054 Fresh0.0 m11 sN14 km/h SSW421.7 m 1.0 mm13°gentle breeze, rain, calm sea
16:0068 Decent0.0 m11 sN19 km/h SW391.4 m ▼0.1 mm14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
17:0068 Decent0.0 m11 sN15 km/h WSW381.3 m ▼0.1 mm13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
18:0073 Decent0.0 m11 sN14 km/h WSW371.5 m dry13°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
19:0074 Decent0.0 m1 sN13 km/h WSW331.9 m dry12°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
20:0078 Decent0.0 m1 sN13 km/h WSW252.4 m dry11°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0083 Grand0.0 m1 sN17 km/h WSW222.9 m dry10°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
22:0093 Grand0.0 m11 sN9 km/h WSW213.3 m ▲dry10°light winds, dry, calm sea
23:0096 Grand0.0 m11 sN10 km/h WSW213.5 m ▲dry10°light winds, dry, calm sea
Saturday, 3 October
00:0092 Grand0.0 m11 sN12 km/h WSW193.4 m ▲dry10°light winds, dry, calm sea
01:0082 Grand0.0 m11 sN10 km/h SW173.1 m dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
02:0077 Decent0.0 m11 sN11 km/h SW162.6 m dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
03:0073 Decent0.0 m11 sN10 km/h SW152.0 m dry8°light winds, dry, calm sea
04:0068 Decent0.0 m11 sN9 km/h SW151.6 m ▼dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
05:0065 Decent0.0 m11 sN10 km/h SSW151.4 m ▼dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
06:0069 Decent0.0 m11 sN10 km/h SSW161.5 m ▼dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
07:0073 Decent0.0 m10 sN10 km/h SSW171.9 m dry9°light winds, dry, calm sea
08:0078 Decent0.0 m10 sN10 km/h SSW172.3 m dry10°light winds, dry, calm sea
09:0087 Grand0.0 m10 sN9 km/h S172.8 m dry11°light winds, dry, calm sea
10:0091 Grand0.0 m10 sN9 km/h S183.2 m dry12°light winds, dry, calm sea
11:0099 Grand0.0 m10 sN11 km/h SW213.4 m ▲dry14°light winds, dry, calm sea
12:0091 Grand0.0 m10 sN14 km/h SW253.4 m ▲dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
13:0087 Grand0.0 m10 sN16 km/h SW273.3 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
14:0083 Grand0.0 m1 sN18 km/h SW283.0 m dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
15:0078 Decent0.0 m1 sN18 km/h SSW302.5 m dry16°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
16:0070 Decent0.0 m1 sN20 km/h SSW312.0 m dry15°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
17:0070 Decent0.0 m1 sN15 km/h SSW301.7 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
18:0066 Decent0.0 m1 sN14 km/h S281.6 m ▼dry15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
19:0071 Decent0.0 m2 sN17 km/h S271.6 m ▼dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
20:0075 Decent0.0 m2 sN19 km/h S281.9 m dry14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
21:0075 Decent0.0 m2 sN21 km/h S312.2 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
22:0079 Decent0.0 m10 sN24 km/h SSW322.6 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
23:0083 Grand0.0 m10 sN23 km/h SSW332.9 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
Sunday, 4 October
00:0088 Grand0.0 m10 sN23 km/h SSW353.1 m ▲dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
01:0088 Grand0.0 m10 sN21 km/h SSW373.1 m ▲dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
02:0083 Grand0.0 m10 sN20 km/h SSW373.0 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
03:0078 Decent0.0 m10 sN21 km/h SSW372.6 m dry13°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
04:0077 Decent0.0 m10 sN19 km/h SSW372.2 m 0.1 mm14°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea
05:0068 Decent0.0 m10 sN21 km/h S371.8 m 0.1 mm14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
06:0062 Decent0.0 m10 sN22 km/h SSW371.6 m ▼0.1 mm14°moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
07:0070 Decent0.0 m10 sN18 km/h SSW361.7 m ▼0.1 mm15°gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

Where the energy comes from

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

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

Tide today

Buncrana, 5 km away · metres above chart datum
03:5510:0516:3022:50
Low 03:55 · 1.1 mHigh 10:05 · 3.7 mLow 16:30 · 1.3 mHigh 22:50 · 3.5 m

The spot

Faces
10° N
Swell window
NNW 340° → N 10°
Exposure
Sheltered · model cell 1.8 km out
Water
Good Quality

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 Good, 2023 Good, 2022 Good. The EPA flags a short-term pollution risk here after heavy rain.

Beach profile (PDF) · beaches.ie

On the ground

Lifeguard: YesToiletsParkingYesAccessible: Good access from promenade along with a beach mat.Dogs on lead (Dogs are not permitted in the proposed Blue Flag Area of this beach from 12 pm to 7 pm (1st June - 15th September annually). Dogs are permitted on leads outside the proposed Blue Flag Area at all times.)

As listed by Donegal County Council. Open in Maps.

Sauna after?

The Swilly Sauna · Main Beach car park, Rathmullan · right here · mobile

The Hot Barrel Sauna · Portsalon Pier (also Kerrykeel Pier) · 14 km · mobile

itSaunatrailer · The Wee Beach, Marble Hill, Dunfanaghy · 25 km · fixed

Cocoon Sauna · Portnablagh Pier, Dunfanaghy · 27 km · fixed

Rathmullan beach consists of a sandy beach in Lough Swilly, which is confined by Rathmullan pier to the South and runs up past Kinnegar to the Glebe outcrop to the North. Rathmullan beach supports a wide variety of plant and wildlife species including otters. The Rathmullan Wood Nature Reserve contains a wide variety of trees. Activities at Rathmullan beach include swimming, kayaking, boating, sailing, power boating, jet skiing (outside the designated area), diving and other land based activities on the beach. The designated bathing area is approx. 0.142km2 and the extent along the water is approximately is 1380m. There is a deep gradient off Rathmullan Beach with the water depth reaching 1m approx. 10m from the water line.

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🌊 Rathmullan dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.0 mFri, 2 Oct 09:30–10:30 · moderate breeze, offshore, flatter inshore, dry
🌊 Rathmullan dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.0 mSat, 3 Oct 10:30–11:30 · light winds, dry, calm sea
🌊 Rathmullan dip · Grand · sea 15° · 0.0 mSun, 4 Oct 11:30–12:30 · gentle breeze, dry, calm sea

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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.