Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 06 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
8.0° 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: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 06). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (07 Mar)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (07 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
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4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)131314141414141414131313131313131312121414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)330440964553560660706472576550374451347132953295308828462614215719461293109027952277237919791760
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
WNW
5
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
2.90
8:15AM
3.01
8:27PM
2.77
8:43AM
2.76
8:57PM
2.61
9:13AM
2.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:01AM
0.15
2:23PM
0.31
2:33AM
0.36
2:52PM
0.53
3:06AM
0.61
3:22PM
0.77
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise----7:05-------7:03-------7:01---
Sunset-------6:15-------6:16-------6:19
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------2---1--
Temp. °C766679111087667910988877777
Feels °C (?)1-1-1013553210145544345544
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