Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 11 Nov 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
12.5° C
(Which is 1.2°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 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (12 Nov)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (12 Nov)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
!
!
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1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
2.5
WSW
1.2
NNW
1.9
NNW
2.4
NW
2.5
NNW
3
NNW
3.5
NNW
3.5
N
3.5
N
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2
N
1.8
N
1.8
NNW
1.8
N
1
NNW
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
0.9
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.7
N
Period(s) (?)137131212111012111010991010111111101010777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4635894331062147014321957350533942567196817081153724653851776240449326231794544
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NE
35
ENE
40
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
35
ENE
40
E
45
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
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-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
2.11
11:44AM
2.51
12:36AM
2.03
1:11PM
2.49
1:58AM
2.10
2:21PM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
0.87
6:21PM
0.87
6:25AM
0.93
7:45PM
0.82
7:45AM
0.87
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Sunrise----7:54-------7:56-------7:58---
Sunset------4:30-------4:28-------4:27-
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
--11------221-----------
Temp. °C1211111111111110101097788887766777
Feels °C (?)54456764341-20110000-1-2-2-3-3
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