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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 19 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
8.5° 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 11AM is: 3.0m 17s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 6.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)7ft (2.1m)18s
Afternoon (19 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (19 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
4
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3
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
W
0.8
WNW
2.1
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)112018171616161616161515151414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34448527467034700766515968630562265674494039603093257721371833135911921103898855734636528
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
S
10
SSW
0
E
10
ENE
20
ESE
30
ESE
20
SSW
15
S
20
SE
20
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SSE
20
SE
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
2.74
7:10AM
3.07
7:20PM
2.76
7:41AM
3.11
7:53PM
2.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
0.37
12:49AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.31
1:20AM
0.17
1:52PM
0.27
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--8:41-------8:41-------8:40-----
Sunset----4:37-------4:38-------4:40---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1443341----112-----1--2
Temp. °C666666745457778766677777
Feels °C (?)0135310-11-1-1-2-4-3-1-3-3-3001101
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