Back Strands Surf Forecast

/ Sligo (13 surf breaks) /

Ireland (149 surf breaks)

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Back Strands surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 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 17.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Back Strands today?

The current surf forecast for Back Strands at 6PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 31). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Evening (31 Aug)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s

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

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	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1209	1200	1200	1160	1190	1151	1111	1347	1673	2021	2017	1527	976	697	479	333	275	225	177	140	112	92	102	186
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SW	W	W	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:25AM 2.47				11:50PM 2.29				12:44PM 2.33					1:26AM 2.17				2:29PM 2.37				3:07AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 1.31				5:58AM 1.33					7:11PM 1.46				7:49AM 1.39				9:08PM 1.38

	Sunday 31					Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
Temp. °C	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	16	16	14	13	13	13
Feels °C (?)	4	6	7	11	10	9	10	8	7	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	11	12	14	15	12	10	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sligo

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Back Strands (light winds from the SSW at Finner 17 km from Back Strands). 1.2m 12s groundswell from the W with a 0.9m 4s local chop from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 33 minutes ago Back Strands

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17 km away, 1 h 33 min ago

11 km/h

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17.2

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