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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Five Finger Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Five Finger Strand at 10PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
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3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1.3
W
0.9
WNW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1212111111111010101099112018171616161616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7466255104663963262962391941881371304035962988772671136651638468416410560549983765
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
W
5
SSE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
2.59
6:05AM
2.86
6:17PM
2.68
6:37AM
2.99
6:49PM
2.74
7:10AM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45PM
0.47
12:13PM
0.48
12:18AM
0.33
12:47PM
0.37
12:49AM
0.22
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------8:42-------8:41-------8:41-
Sunset4:34-------4:35-------4:37-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------2--1-
Temp. °C765555677655666666676778
Feels °C (?)421100122101101124332212
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