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Five Finger Strand

County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland

Five Finger Strand 3 photos

  • Five Finger Strand

    Five Finger Strand. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Five Finger Strand

    Five Finger Strand. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Five Finger Strand

    Five Finger Strand. dconvertini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 4 pm to sunset, sunset 6:10 pm
9 am
0.9
31 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.0
25 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
11 am
0.8
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
0.8
34 km/h21 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
0.8
31 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
1.0
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
1.4
32 km/h20 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.7
30 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
2.3
28 km/h17 mph wind, Poor
6 pm
2.8
28 km/h17 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
8°C46°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
2113 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
3924 km/hmph
Waves
1.8 m6 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
falling
Rain
100%
Sunset
6:10 pm
Today
0.9Poor9 am3119
1.0Poor10 am2515
0.8Poor11 am3019
0.8Poor12 pm3421
0.8Poor1 pm3119
1.0Poor2 pm3220
1.4Poor3 pm3220
1.7Poor4 pm3019
2.3Poor5 pm2817
2.8Poor6 pm2817
Sat
0.7Poor9 am3622
0.7Poor10 am4629
0.8Poor11 am4629
0.8Poor12 pm4729
0.8Poor1 pm4025
0.4Poor2 pm4327
0.6Poor3 pm4629
0.7Poor4 pm4931
0.6Poor5 pm4427
0.5Poor6 pm5434
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 11 am, -1.5 m. High at 5 pm, 0.9 m. Low at 11 pm, -1.9 m. High at 5 am, 0.5 mLow 11 am, -1.5 m5 ftHigh 5 pm, 0.9 m3 ftLow 11 pm, -1.9 m6 ftHigh 5 am, 0.5 m2 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • Low 11 am, -1.5 m5 ft
  • High 5 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
  • Low 11 pm, -1.9 m6 ft
  • High 5 am, 0.5 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun0.9 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 80 km/h50 mph, rain 87%
  • Mon1.7 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 80%
  • Tue1.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 74 km/h46 mph, rain 89%
  • Wed2.1 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 45 km/h28 mph, rain 52%
  • Thu3.0 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 35 km/h22 mph, rain 28%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
5.8 km3.6 miBallyliffin (village)
Nearest airport
71 km44 miAerfort Dhún na nGall (CFN)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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