Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
8.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Five Finger Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Five Finger Strand at 4PM is: 7.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)23ft (7.0m)14s
Evening (29 Mar)26ft (8.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
0
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0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
W
5.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)111314161616171717161617161616141413131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5756101172343233993323012977731240308662766422635178801667912204102908526593447443468292927082566255722712104
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
55
W
55
W
50
WNW
45
WNW
45
W
45
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15PM
2.48
5:31AM
2.96
5:55PM
2.67
6:10AM
3.13
6:30PM
2.83
6:44AM
3.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.52
11:07PM
0.50
11:47AM
0.30
11:48PM
0.29
12:22PM
0.14
12:24AM
0.14
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:59-------8:00-------8:02----
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
3-1---------------------
Temp. °C109767777788781010111212121211111110
Feels °C (?)1-3-6-6-4-4-4-3-2-111455676687776
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