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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 12 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 7AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)11ft (3.5m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
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
0
!
2
1
2
3
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.3
W
2.3
NW
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.5
NW
3
NW
2.5
WNW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
1.6
NW
1.1
NW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
W
Period(s) (?)111010101112121112121212121211111011111111101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3352256021411514116816431787208423622224193818881993200814931802163916611167568293471743628
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglassoncross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
2.14
2:03AM
2.07
2:33PM
2.12
3:15AM
2.19
3:39PM
2.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.08
7:34PM
1.06
8:08AM
1.12
8:45PM
1.04
9:22AM
1.05
9:44PM
0.94
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--8:49-------8:48-------8:48-----
Sunset----4:24-------4:25-------4:28---
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---143121-----------251-
Temp. °C988887777767666653454575
Feels °C (?)-1-113444522-1-1-3-2-200-3-3-2-3-120
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