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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 23 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
12.0° 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 1AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 23). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (24 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (24 Nov)7ft (2.2m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
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)
0
!
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
3
N
3
N
2.5
N
2.2
N
1.9
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
1.3
W
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111888777999991111111189
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)455533312039138810488467841177116379650833226125420620215812312511911683239418
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
0
N
20
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
40
N
40
N
35
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
20
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
2.54
8:05AM
2.69
8:17PM
2.40
8:45AM
2.57
8:56PM
2.25
9:31AM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.58
1:45AM
0.56
2:16PM
0.71
2:21AM
0.66
2:58PM
0.84
3:02AM
0.76
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise------8:18-------8:19-------8:22-
Sunset4:13-------4:12-------4:09-------
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
51--------1-----------11
Temp. °C888889998888878987655667
Feels °C (?)07412110-2-10112465310-1-102
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