Five Finger Strand Surf Forecast

/ Donegal (44 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 15.6° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than 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 5PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	13ft (4.0m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	4	4	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	!	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	8	9	9	9	8	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3612	1933	1147	687	645	797	648	438	414	627	697	614	745	813	661	829	1022	1640	1784	2566	2555	1982	1565	1753
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSE	ESE	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:15PM 2.82				5:39AM 2.57				5:55PM 3.02				6:15AM 2.72				6:29PM 3.15				6:46AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 0.65				11:32PM 0.46				11:32AM 0.42				12:08AM 0.28				12:08PM 0.24				12:40AM 0.15

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	3	3	-	1
Temp. °C	14	15	12	12	17	16	15	13	14	14	15	14	12	12	12	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	9	12	10	10	15	13	11	10	11	11	12	12	10	11	11	9	11	9	10	4	2	1	1	2

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Five Finger Strand (moderate winds from the SE at Malin Head 4 km from Five Finger Strand). 2.3m 10s swell from the W with a 0.8m 14s groundswell from the NNW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Five Finger Strand

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1 h 16 min ago

22 km/h

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