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Five Finger Strand surfForecast / Donegal / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 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
9.1° 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 4PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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)
0
3
2
3
2
1
0
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
1
1
3
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NNW
2
N
1.6
N
1.3
NNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)1010991110101010111111121213131212121213131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131473642127033730284912571539187515591121143114301599155012931316139018402252238527592817
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSW
30
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		crossononcross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
3.19
9:04PM
2.59
9:29AM
2.99
9:47PM
2.41
10:13AM
2.75
10:33PM
2.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:03PM
0.28
3:02AM
0.29
3:47PM
0.47
3:46AM
0.49
4:33PM
0.67
4:34AM
0.71
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise8:52-------8:52-------8:52-------
Sunset--4:16-------4:17-------4:20-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----11-----111111--11--
Temp. °C555334766565555556655555
Feels °C (?)-211000-1132422210-10001221
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