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Back Strands surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 IST
How big are the waves at Back Strands today?
The current surf forecast for Back Strands at 11PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (16 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Back Strands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 17 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 40 | 37 | 32 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:15PM 3.00 | 4:02AM 2.63 | 4:10PM 3.18 | 4:46AM 2.85 | 4:52PM 3.32 | 5:22AM 3.04 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:55PM 0.71 | 9:52AM 0.91 | 10:37PM 0.52 | 10:36AM 0.71 | 11:11PM 0.37 | 11:13AM 0.55 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:08 | - |
| Sunset | 6:34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sligo
Continuing clean conditions at Back Strands (calm at Ballina 48 km from Back Strands). 0.2m 10s swell from the W to make surfable waves.
48 km away, 56 min ago
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