Lahinch Left Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

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Surf Break: Lahinch Left

Lahinch Left in County Clare is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the east. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west. A left hand reef break. When the surf is up, crowds are likely Watch out for rocks.

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Overall Lahinch Left Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution

IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.

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Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Lahinch Left:   (click location name for more details)
Closest break	Cornish Reef	1 mi
Second closest break	Lahinch Strand	1 mi
Third closest break	Shit Creek	1 mi
Fourth closest break	Cregg Beach	2 mi
Fifth closest break	Green Point	4 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Lahinch Left:
Closest wave buoy	M3 Mizen Head Buoy	127 mi
Second closest wave buoy	M4 Donegal Bay Buoy	147 mi
Third closest wave buoy	K4 Buoy	167 mi
Fourth closest wave buoy	M2 Lambay Buoy	168 mi
Fifth closest wave buoy	Pembroke Buoy	203 mi
Tide stations nearest to Lahinch Left:
Closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland	193 mi
Second closest tide station	Portrush, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.	193 mi
Third closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland	194 mi
Fourth closest tide station	Bangor, Northern Ireland - READ flaterco.com/pol.ht	194 mi
Fifth closest tide station	Fishguard, Wales	195 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Lahinch Left:
Closest ski area	Raise (United Kingdom)	278 mi
Second closest ski area	Yad Moss (United Kingdom)	313 mi
Third closest ski area	Glencoe Mountain Resort (United Kingdom)	314 mi
Fourth closest ski area	Harwood Common (United Kingdom)	315 mi
Fifth closest ski area	Allenheads (United Kingdom)	319 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Lahinch Left:
Closest city location	Inis (Ireland)	17 mi
Second closest city location	Cill Rois (Ireland)	19 mi
Third closest city location	Newmarket on Fergus (Ireland)	22 mi
Fourth closest city location	Foynes (Ireland)	24 mi
Fifth closest city location	Shannon (Ireland)	24 mi

• The closest passenger airport to Lahinch Left is Shannon Airport (SNN) in Ireland, 38 km (24 miles) away (directly).
• The second nearest airport to Lahinch Left is Galway Airport (GWY), also in Ireland, 52 km (32 miles) away.
• Third is Kerry Airport (KIR) in Ireland, 82 km (51 miles) away.
• Connaught Airport (NOC) in Ireland is 117 km (73 miles) away.
• Cork Airport (ORK), also in Ireland is the fifth nearest airport to Lahinch Left and is 133 km (83 miles) away.