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Back Strands surf Forecast / Sligo / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 24 Apr 2024 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 10.6°C (Statistics for 24 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 10.0 °C max: 11.4 °C min: 8.9 °C)
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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 10.6°C (Statistics for 24 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 10.0 °C max: 11.4 °C min: 8.9 °C)


How big are the waves at Back Strands today?

The current surf forecast for Back Strands at 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (24 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (24 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
WNW
0.1
W
0.2
W
0.2
NNW
0.2
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.3
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
W
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
0.9
W
1
W
1
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
Period(s) (?)98887999101099698811111111121312121211111110101010999998888881212121112111111111010101010101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)19111010146668926461051694034664664305035945193532932052101531061251228175644544423937456074556968665865112586118516715319018823739212481206
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNW
15
N
20
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SE
30
SE
40
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47AM
3.37
7:07PM
3.34
7:17AM
3.31
7:37PM
3.34
7:49AM
3.21
8:08PM
3.29
8:22AM
3.06
8:43PM
3.18
8:58AM
2.89
9:23PM
3.04
9:43AM
2.69
10:14PM
2.90
10:42AM
2.49
11:20PM
2.80
12:03PM
2.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.23
1:07AM
0.35
1:20PM
0.26
1:38AM
0.39
1:49PM
0.35
2:11AM
0.48
2:20PM
0.47
2:47AM
0.62
2:56PM
0.63
3:29AM
0.79
3:38PM
0.81
4:24AM
0.96
4:32PM
0.99
5:43AM
1.07
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-6:09-------6:07-------6:05-------6:03-------6:01-------5:58-------5:56-------5:54--
Sunset-----8:54-------8:55-------8:58-------9:00-------9:01-------9:04-------9:06------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C76899877899910108765791077766789109766810109887781011121111109910121110101091011
Feels °C (?)324433433566652221365234334555533356555533467953654442222134

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