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Back Strands surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 IST
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Back Strands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Strands sea temperature is
8.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Strands today?

The current surf forecast for Back Strands at 1AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

Table - waves today at Back Strands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
0
4
5
5
5
4
4
2
4
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.9
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010101099101918161616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5564643572842792141611251229060802166084155476045854061406141124010364429422341
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
30
WNW
10
W
10
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
25
E
20
SE
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
2.86
5:35AM
3.27
5:48PM
2.96
6:09AM
3.43
6:22PM
3.03
6:42AM
3.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
0.55
11:44AM
0.56
11:44PM
0.41
12:18PM
0.45
12:16AM
0.32
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------8:44-------8:41-------8:41-
Sunset4:43-------4:44-------4:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1211-----1---
Temp. °C765544346665566666556677
Feels °C (?)421100-2-2012-2-21-1333101-121
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