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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 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
9.0° 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 10AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
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)
3
3
3
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2
WNW
1.6
W
2
W
2.1
W
1.9
WSW
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
Period(s) (?)131312121111101010101011111212111010111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)306530072899238816891324834499783914784116510681095243523231729136010097711068959901706
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
W
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
35
SSE
50
SSE
40
S
35
S
40
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
S
35
SSW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01AM
2.50
11:28PM
2.12
11:58AM
2.28
12:39AM
2.05
1:11PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:34AM
0.71
5:24PM
0.85
5:31AM
0.93
6:23PM
0.99
6:43AM
1.08
7:34PM
1.06
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--8:51-------8:51-------8:49-----
Sunset----4:21-------4:22-------4:24---
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11--125122-2335------41
Temp. °C35355555891010101210988888878
Feels °C (?)-20-200-1-3-602254531-11345544
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