Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
8.6° 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 2PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)17s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
5
3
4
5
4
3
4
3
3
2
2
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
W
1.9
WNW
2.2
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
3
W
4
W
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)191716161515141414141313121211111111111115141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)850973265316450638823381333431103119244419011556119410291213152014011577224840691217612169105548909
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
S
10
W
10
W
5
W
10
W
10
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
WSW
35
W
35
W
40
W
45
W
35
W
25
W
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
2.45
10:01PM
2.48
10:16AM
2.22
10:44PM
2.26
11:03AM
2.00
11:54PM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
0.65
3:47PM
0.76
4:16AM
0.90
4:24PM
0.97
5:06AM
1.13
5:19PM
1.15
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:47-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:16-------8:19-------8:21--
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8812141614111088910121210987787776
Feels °C (?)43791112986666910654-1-2-2-3-202
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