Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 26 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
8.5° 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: 4.0m 15s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.3m 22s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (27 Mar)23ft (7.0m)19s
Evening (27 Mar)25ft (7.5m)17s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
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0
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0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
6
WNW
7
WNW
7
WNW
7.5
WNW
7.5
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
NW
6
NW
5.5
NW
5
NW
4.5
NW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
W
4.5
W
5
WNW
6
WNW
Period(s) (?)111010111519191817171616161514141313121211111315
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154813331539218768462782031347299433157232369327232859224694186791529711546821759784346416439064496781915466
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
30
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
45
W
45
W
50
WNW
45
NW
45
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
20
W
15
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
50
SW
40
W
40
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossonononcross-
on
ononononononononononononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
2.29
2:07PM
2.08
2:41AM
2.47
3:24PM
2.26
3:45AM
2.73
4:15PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.05
7:37AM
0.97
8:00PM
0.99
9:09AM
0.77
9:16PM
0.76
10:06AM
0.52
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----6:15-------6:11-------6:09---
Sunset-------6:54-------6:57-------6:59
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
22---1111111111-----31--
Temp. °C9887777665566677865781098
Feels °C (?)4332-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-5-6-4-3-221-2-2-221-1
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