Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 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 8AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (04 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (04 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
!
5
5
4
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
4
NW
3.5
NW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.7
W
1.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)121216151414141414131313131312111111111212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)309427244998432636442834248325912416534148002860305540983749277021521764145913481001833773380
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
10
SW
15
S
15
SE
20
E
20
S
25
WSW
15
W
50
NW
35
NW
25
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
2.99
8:14AM
3.05
8:27PM
2.94
8:42AM
2.88
8:56PM
2.84
9:12AM
2.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02AM
0.12
2:19PM
0.20
2:33AM
0.25
2:47PM
0.36
3:05AM
0.43
3:16PM
0.55
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---6:54-------6:52-------6:48----
Sunset-------8:10-------8:13-------8:15
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----166842--131---------
Temp. °C65433287456556775444781010
Feels °C (?)-2-20-2-1-4420-6-3-2-3-4-200-1-1-2-1033
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