Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 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
8.4° 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 5AM is: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (31 Mar)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (31 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.3
W
1.2
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.7
NW
1.4
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)161615141413131212121212121111111111141312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11957994478875448455835562953255726402597247623802268176195175758438253914571065786475254
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
40
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
10
N
5
W
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
3.13
6:30PM
2.83
6:44AM
3.21
7:01PM
2.93
7:15AM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.29
12:22PM
0.14
12:24AM
0.14
12:53PM
0.06
12:58AM
0.06
1:23PM
0.04
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise----7:03-------7:01------6:58----
Sunset-------8:02-------8:05-------8:07
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------51--------
Temp. °C10101311111112121110101011125666656887
Feels °C (?)55877567665567-4-2-20222320
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