Back Strands Surf Break

Lat Long: 54.45° N 8.49° W

Back Strands, Ireland Weather Observations

Issued: 6 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Back Strands sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.7° 

Back Strands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Current weather conditions and live observations for Back Strands based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Back Strands right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Back Strands

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Sligo Airport

20 km S3 m above sea level

58 minutes ago
part cloudDry and partly cloudy
15
light winds from the WSW
(17 km/h at 250°)
13 °C9.0
9.0
broken

Ballina

48 km SSW64 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
5
calm
(5 km/h at 230°)
10
12 °C-
-
-
-
0

Ballaghaderreen

59 km S130 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
0
9 °C-
-
-
-
0

Connaught Airport

67 km S408 m above sea level

58 minutes ago
clear-
5
light winds from the WSW
(7 km/h at 240°)
Q1024 °C0.0
0.0


Donegal Airport

67 km N9 m above sea level

58 minutes ago
clear-
35
fresh winds from the W
(33 km/h at 270°)
14 °C10.0
10.0
few

Ballyhaise

89 km ESE79 m above sea level

6 hours ago
no report
10
light winds from the SSW
(11 km/h at 210°)
13.4 °C14
14

-

Eglinton/Londonderry Airport

108 km NE395 m above sea level

1 hour ago
clear-
15
light winds from the SSW
(15 km/h at 200°)
14 °C10.0
10.0
few

Mullingar

126 km SE104 m above sea level

6 hours ago
no report
wind obs. (11 kph from 210 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
15.0 °C16
16

-

Tully

136 km SSW32 m above sea level

1 hour ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 40°)
0
12 °C-
-
-
-
0

Letterfrack wx

138 km SSW40 m above sea level

48 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 161°)
0
12 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Back Strands and within an acceptable time window.

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