Five Finger Strand is the remote Inishowen beach below Cranny Hill and Carrickabraghy Castle, a long Donegal sandline where the setting and solitude matter almost as much as the surf. It is the kind of Atlantic beach that feels memorable because of the place around it, not just the wave face. Get the latest surfing conditions, forecast, and tide details for Five Finger Strand in Donegal.
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East-southeast offshore wind is the cleaner call, west swell brings the useful Atlantic pulse, and the tide stays broad enough that all stages are workable rather than tide-locked.
The beach is uncrowded even when it is working, and the remote Inishowen setting is part of the appeal.
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