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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 23 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
8.4° 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 1PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (23 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (23 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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)
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
4
3
3
1
0
2
2
1
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1.8
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)131313121212161615141415171615151414141313161614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)107797673749640734259215461699167417591689376234303218254318551484108190266388615311303
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
40
E
35
E
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
E
45
E
50
E
45
E
40
E
35
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
3.02
9:03PM
2.60
9:24AM
2.90
9:44PM
2.49
10:08AM
2.74
10:34PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
0.34
3:03AM
0.34
3:41PM
0.44
3:46AM
0.50
4:28PM
0.59
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise--8:37-------8:34-------8:33-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:46-------4:49---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111--11---------1--11---
Temp. °C667777777667776656656655
Feels °C (?)-3-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-3-3-2-1-2-4-4-6-4-3-3-2-1-2-1
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