Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 IST
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Lackan Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lackan Bay sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 9AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (16 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Lackan Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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 (?)
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
0.4
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
N
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.4
WSW
0.4
N
0.5
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)1211111010109999997334444109121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17111482504831271616156645716203234392581106143
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:58AM
2.37
3:11PM
2.94
3:59AM
2.57
4:06PM
3.12
4:43AM
2.78
4:49PM
3.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
1.10
9:52PM
0.68
9:48AM
0.90
10:34PM
0.50
10:33AM
0.70
11:08PM
0.35
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--8:06-------8:07-------8:08-----
Sunset----6:37-------6:35-------6:32---
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
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light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1-11
Temp. °C9989111111987710121312121111111414131212
Feels °C (?)776699975446898765598655
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Mayo and Achill Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lackan Bay (calm at Ballina 19 km from Lackan Bay). A 0.8m groundswell from the W

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2 km/h
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0.0
13.9
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