Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 IST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
12.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 10AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (19 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (19 Nov)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
NNW
4
NNW
3.5
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.4
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.7
N
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.6
W
Period(s) (?)10999888888877766610141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284924061965158213251262116410649289048065953622621601309271132181184492408839
Wind
(km/h)
40
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
40
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
N
35
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
N
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34PM
2.81
5:51AM
2.88
6:05PM
2.80
6:22AM
2.90
6:37PM
2.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.40
11:38PM
0.35
11:57AM
0.38
12:08AM
0.37
12:30PM
0.40
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sat
22
Sunrise--8:08-------8:11-------8:12-----
Sunset----4:19-------4:16-------4:15---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111111222111---------1--
Temp. °C655555555666666664344445
Feels °C (?)-4-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-3-2-2-10123-1-2-2-2-3-21
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