Sea · County Donegal · Ireland
Tullan Beach
Kite days peak in October at 34 %. Also windy, but cold (water and air under 12 °C or short days): February.
A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 knots (gusts up to 45) between 10:00 and 19:00, in daylight. Percentages are the share of such days in each month, counted over 9 years.
- Prime 60 % and more
- Good 40 to 59 %
- Possible 20 to 39 %
- Off under 20 %
- No data hatched
- Ringed: this month
Prime also needs a good month in at least 7 of the 9 years, so one freak year cannot make a month Prime. A month with 60 %+ but fewer good years shows as Good.
Confidence highHourly model data, 2017 to 2025, checked against the season shape of a nearby weather station, a regional model or a documented season. Shares its model grid cell with 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach.
Month by month
- Kite days
- 34 % Possibleabout 11 of 31 days
- Too light, kiteable, too strong
- Too light 65 %
- Kiteable 34 %
- Too strong 1 %
- Good years
- 0 of 9 years reached 50 % kite days
- 10 day trip
- 2 in 10 trips got at least 5 kite days, about 3.1 expected
- Best hours
- 12:00 to 16:00when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots
- Daylight
- 10.6 h
- Water
- 14 °C, 5/4
- Air
- 13 °Cdaily maximum, 13 °C during kite hours
- Rain
- 20 of 31with 1 mm or more
- In one sentence
In October, Tullan Beach averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (34 %). Water 14 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
| Kite days% of days | 28 | 50 | 37 | 28 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 24 | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verdictshare plus good years | cold | cold | cold | Possible | Off | Possible | Off | Possible | Possible | Possible | cold | cold |
| 10 day tripof 10 trips, 5+ kite days | 3 in 10 | 5 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 | under 1 in 10 | 3 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 2 in 10 | 1 in 10 | 2 in 10 |
| Good yearsof 9, reached 50 % | 1 of 9 | 4 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 0 of 9 | 1 of 9 |
| Best hourshour of day, most often 12 to 35 kn | 10 to 16 | 11 to 16 | 11 to 15 | 12 to 17 | 11 to 17 | 10 to 18 | 15 to 17 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 12 to 16 | 11 to 15 | 10 to 15 |
| Daylighth | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 14.1 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| Water°C at the surface | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| Air°C, daily maximum | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| Rain days1 mm or more | 17 of 31 | 17 of 28 | 17 of 31 | 14 of 30 | 14 of 31 | 18 of 30 | 18 of 31 | 20 of 31 | 18 of 30 | 20 of 31 | 18 of 30 | 20 of 31 |
| Wetsuitfor that water and the air on kite days, + boots and gloves | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 6/5+ | 5/4 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 4/3 | 4/3 | 5/4 | 5/4 | 6/5+ | 6/5+ |
- In January, Tullan Beach averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (28 %). Water 9 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in January got at least 5 kite days.
- In February, Tullan Beach averaged 14 kite days out of 28 (50 %). Water 8 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 5 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in February got at least 5 kite days.
- In March, Tullan Beach averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (37 %). Water 8 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in March got at least 5 kite days.
- In April, Tullan Beach averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (28 %). Water 10 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in April got at least 5 kite days.
- In May, Tullan Beach averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (18 %). Water 13 °C, 5/4. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in May got at least 5 kite days.
- In June, Tullan Beach averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (25 %). Water 15 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in June got at least 5 kite days.
- In July, Tullan Beach averaged 5 kite days out of 31 (15 %). Water 17 °C, 4/3. under 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in July got at least 5 kite days.
- In August, Tullan Beach averaged 9 kite days out of 31 (29 %). Water 17 °C, 4/3. 3 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in August got at least 5 kite days.
- In September, Tullan Beach averaged 8 kite days out of 30 (28 %). Water 16 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in September got at least 5 kite days.
- In October, Tullan Beach averaged 11 kite days out of 31 (34 %). Water 14 °C, 5/4. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days.
- In November, Tullan Beach averaged 7 kite days out of 30 (24 %). Water 12 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 1 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in November got at least 5 kite days.
- In December, Tullan Beach averaged 10 kite days out of 31 (32 %). Water 10 °C, 6/5 with boots and gloves. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in December got at least 5 kite days.
Good year: at least half the days of that month were kite days. x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise. Best hours: the hours from 10:00 on when the wind most often reaches 12 to 35 knots. Rain day: 1 mm or more of rain.
Source: ERA5 reanalysis 31 km via Open-Meteo, hourly model wind, 2017 to 2025; water temperature 2023 to 2025. How we count kite days and trip odds
Trip odds at Tullan Beach
How often a trip of your length got at least half its days with kite wind, 2017 to 2025, capped at 9 in 10.
- January3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.2 expected
- February5 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 4.8 expected
- March3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.8 expected
- April2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.5 expected
- May1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.8 expected
- June2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.6 expected
- Julyunder 1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 1.4 expected
- August3 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.0 expected
- September2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.1 expected
- October (now)2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.1 expected
- November1 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 2.5 expected
- December2 in 10 trips of 10 days got at least 5 kite days, about 3.3 expected
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that month between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Trip odds by start week
Pick your start week and trip length. Each cell: of all trips of that length that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, how many in 10 got at least half their days with kite wind.
Trip odds by start week, 10 day trips, 2017 to 2025
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Colours as in the kite year: 6 in 10 and more like Prime · 4 to 5 in 10 like Good · 2 to 3 in 10 like Possible · under 2 in 10 like Off · No data hatched (fewer than 30 trips) · Ringed: this week · Raised: your start week
x in 10 reads: of all 10 day trips that started in that week between 2017 and 2025, x in 10 got at least 5 kite days. We cap the figure at 9 in 10 because wind is never a promise.
Source: hourly wind from the ECMWF IFS model via Open-Meteo, 2017 to 2025, kiteCOMPASS method v1. How we count
1 in 10
trips of 10 days starting in week 45 (e.g. 5 to 11 November) got at least 5 kite days in 2017 to 2025 (63 trips).
Zero wind trips: 1 in 10
about 2.9 kite days expected out of 10
Kite days per trip, 63 trips
Bars right of the line are good trips (5 kite days or more).
How the wind behaves
In February, the windiest month
- Too light 47 %
- Kiteable 50 %
- Too strong 3 %
Too light on 47 %, kiteable on 50 %, too strong on 3 % of days.
Best hours: 11:00 to 16:00, when the wind is most often 12 to 35 knots.
Share of kite days by wind direction, 16 sectors
Wind mostly from SW (225°), fairly steady direction.
Kitesurfing at Tullan Beach: quick answers
When is the best time to kitesurf at Tullan Beach?
No month reaches 50 % kite days. The windiest month is February, when 50 % of days were kite days from 2017 to 2025.
Is Tullan Beach windy in October?
Sometimes. 34 % of days in October were kite days from 2017 to 2025, about 11 days in a typical October. 2 in 10 trips of 10 days starting in October got at least 5 kite days, 2017 to 2025.
What is the water temperature at Tullan Beach?
The water ranges from 8 °C in February to 17 °C in July. In October it is about 14 °C (wetsuit: 5/4).
How many kite days does Tullan Beach get in a year?
About 106 days a year were kite days from 2017 to 2025, out of 365. A kite day has at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn.
Live forecast
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Spot facts
- Region
- County Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Water body
- Sea, from Natural Earth map data
- Nearest airport
- Donegal Airport (CFN), 61 km straight line. Flights are not sold here; this is for planning only.
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 in October
- Coordinates
- 54.4994, -8.2640
- Model
- ERA5 reanalysis 31 km via Open-Meteo, hourly
Conditions, checked against kite guides
Water state, flat areas, waves and whether schools teach here, from kite sources, not from satellite images.
Not yet checked against kite guides. We research spot conditions one by one and show only what a kite source says.
Nearby kite spots in County Donegal
Kite days in October, % of days
- Rossnowlagh
Ireland · same kite days as Tullan Beach in October
34 %Kite days by month at Rossnowlagh: Jan 28 %, Feb 50 %, Mar 37 %, Apr 28 %, May 18 %, Jun 25 %, Jul 15 %, Aug 29 %, Sep 28 %, Oct 34 %, Nov 24 %, Dec 32 % - Portnoo
Ireland · 31 points more kite days than Tullan Beach in October
65 %Kite days by month at Portnoo: Jan 59 %, Feb 78 %, Mar 59 %, Apr 50 %, May 38 %, Jun 47 %, Jul 42 %, Aug 53 %, Sep 56 %, Oct 65 %, Nov 62 %, Dec 59 % - Bloody Foreland
Ireland · 43 points more kite days than Tullan Beach in October
77 %Kite days by month at Bloody Foreland: Jan 73 %, Feb 85 %, Mar 67 %, Apr 59 %, May 48 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 55 %, Aug 61 %, Sep 66 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 70 %, Dec 69 % - Magheraroarty
Ireland · 43 points more kite days than Tullan Beach in October
77 %Kite days by month at Magheraroarty: Jan 73 %, Feb 84 %, Mar 69 %, Apr 62 %, May 47 %, Jun 59 %, Jul 56 %, Aug 62 %, Sep 67 %, Oct 77 %, Nov 72 %, Dec 68 %
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kiteCOMPASS · method k3h-10to19-v1 · 2017 to 2025
Model wind: ERA5 reanalysis 31 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025. Water temperature: 2023 to 2025. Kite day: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn. Shares its model grid cell with 1 nearby spot, so the numbers describe the area, not one beach. Confidence: high.
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In October, 34 % of days at Tullan Beach met the kiteCOMPASS kite day rule: at least 3 hours of 12 to 35 kn model wind between 10:00 and 19:00 in daylight, with gusts up to 45 kn (ERA5 reanalysis 31 km via Open-Meteo, hourly, 2017 to 2025). https://kitecompass.app/spot/tullan-beach
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