Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 25 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
8.5° 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 6AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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4
3
2
2
2
0
1
1
0
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0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
NW
5.5
NW
5
NW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121111101011141919181717171616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6663526645493717268520471543141314391208125016925225245742774425200253812523427342255702107716355120559200
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
35
W
40
W
35
WNW
30
W
35
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
NW
35
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrossonononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:07PM
2.36
12:06PM
2.07
1:02AM
2.29
2:07PM
2.08
2:41AM
2.47
3:24PM
2.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:38AM
0.94
6:11PM
1.05
7:37AM
0.97
8:00PM
0.99
9:09AM
0.77
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----6:16-------6:15-------6:11---
Sunset-------6:52-------6:54-------6:57
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
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light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
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rain showers
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
------1-12---1-1111111--
Temp. °C665555689877877766677787
Feels °C (?)0111000353322-2-3-2-2-3-5-3-4-3-11
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