Five Finger Strand Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.32° N 7.35° W

Five Finger Strand 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Five Finger Strand sea temperature is
14.7° C
0.7° 

Five Finger Strand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Five Finger Strand today (25 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 11s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Five Finger Strand at 1AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (25 Jul)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (25 Jul)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Fri night, light winds from the WSW by Sat night).

Fri
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
W
8
2
WNW
8
1.9
WNW
8
2.1
W
8
3
W
8
3.5
WNW
9
3
WNW
10
3
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
2.5
WNW
11
2.4
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.5
WNW
10
2.4
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
562
509
475
632
1029
1799
1748
1792
1641
1483
1333
1239
1153
1196
1184
1140
1295
1225
1133
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
W
20
SW
30
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
3:49PM2.18m
4:19AM2.15m
4:51PM2.32m
5:14AM2.26m
5:38PM2.49m
Low Tide
9:59PM1.07m
10:22AM0.99m
11:01PM0.95m
11:14AM0.86m
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light rain
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:47
9:46
9:45
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
14
15
14
15
15
15
15
14
15
15
14
14
14
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
10
12
11
9
7
10
11
12
11
11
14
12
10
10
10
10
10
9
8
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