Culdaff, Ireland

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Culdaff Beach
Culdaff. Photo: Malcolm Neal, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Culdaff

Culdaff is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. From Culdaff you can reach 1 surf spot. The nearest is Culdaff, a surf spot 2.6 km from the centre. Overture lists 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre. The nearest airport is LDY, 27 km away.

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Staying in Culdaff

  • 3 places to stay within 2 km of the centre (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: LDY, 27 km, ILY, 72 km, CFN, 79 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for experts: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Culdaff.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for expert surfers. A spot that does not suit them is tagged with the level it suits and never goes green for them.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.

Surf spots within 20 km of Culdaff: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Culdaff2.6 kmabout 5 min by car2 ft71 kJwind from the south, 8 knots, offshore, too small3 ft274 kJwind from the south-south-west, 2 knots, offshore, too small4 ft296 kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots, too small6 ft468 kJwind from the north-west, 24 knots, poor4 ft231 kJwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore, too small4 ft238 kJwind from the west-north-west, 25 knots, too small6 ft481 kJwind from the south-south-west, 10 knots, offshore, too small
All readings for Culdaff: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Culdaff, each day
DayScore for expertsSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct11, too small2 ft8 smushy71kJwind from the south, 8 knots, offshore11°C
Mon 19Oct21, too small3 ft11 scrumbling274kJwind from the south-south-west, 2 knots, offshore13°C
Tue 20Oct13, too small4 ft11 scrumbling296kJwind from the south-east, 15 knots13°C
Wed 21Oct16, poor6 ft8 ssoft468kJwind from the north-west, 24 knots10°C
Thu 22Oct24, too small4 ft9 ssoft231kJwind from the south-south-west, 11 knots, offshore11°C
Fri 23Oct7, too small4 ft10 scrumbling238kJwind from the west-north-west, 25 knots10°C
Sat 24Oct32, too small6 ft9 ssoft481kJwind from the south-south-west, 10 knots, offshore9°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Culdaff, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).