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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 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
8.9° 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 6PM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)11ft (3.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
4
!
!
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
NW
3
NW
3.5
NW
3.5
NW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.2
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
Period(s) (?)10111112611111010101013131213131312121211101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8828319249468834961324328522577199312251651274636573925316925561893158713468609109541100
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
35
SSE
45
SSE
55
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
35
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
W
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
2.28
12:39AM
2.05
1:11PM
2.14
2:03AM
2.07
2:33PM
2.12
3:15AM
2.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
0.99
6:43AM
1.08
7:34PM
1.06
8:08AM
1.12
8:45PM
1.04
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise8:51-------8:49-------8:48-------
Sunset--4:22-------4:24-------4:25-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--311----1---37-11-----
Temp. °C1111111299989888776677666653
Feels °C (?)5643-300-11133453332-2-2-200-2
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