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 Tuesday 16 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 15.7° C
(Which is 2.1°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 2PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	11s
Evening (16 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	14	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1543	1253	907	709	510	431	268	175	106	311	1346	6981	8789	7244	5121	3429	2299	1465	1015	687	240	690	1044	876
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	SSE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:04PM 2.34				3:56AM 2.18					4:22PM 2.57				4:56AM 2.38				5:15PM 2.82				5:39AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 1.07				9:34PM 0.90				9:50AM 0.90					10:45PM 0.68				10:49AM 0.65				11:32PM 0.46

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	2	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	14	15	16	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	16	16	15	14	15	14	13
Feels °C (?)	7	9	10	11	10	7	3	10	11	10	9	7	6	7	7	8	9	13	14	15	12	11	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Donegal

Wind Update Wind reports 4 km away suggest it is still onshore at Five Finger Strand (fresh winds from the W at Malin Head). 2.3m 11s groundswell from the W with a 0.5m 10s swell from the NNW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 14 minutes ago Five Finger Strand

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