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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 IST
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Five Finger Strand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Five Finger Strand sea temperature is
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Five Finger Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Five Finger Strand at 3AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s

Table - waves today at Five Finger Strand. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
W
2
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
2
W
2
W
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.1
NW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)121313131212111110101010111111111111111111111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19602848306532032852238816591221754490745951815846970104232852574259230462969216616635248
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
30
SSE
50
SSE
40
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
45
SSE
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
2.25
11:01AM
2.50
11:28PM
2.12
11:58AM
2.28
12:39AM
2.05
1:11PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
0.71
5:24PM
0.85
5:31AM
0.93
6:23PM
0.99
6:43AM
1.08
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise----8:51-------8:51-------8:49---
Sunset------4:21-------4:22-------4:24-
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---21--12411--26----1---
Temp. °C3335355556891010111099998887
Feels °C (?)-1-1-20-200-1-3-5-133421211-10012
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