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Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 8PM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a West direction and 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s
Afternoon (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (28 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1.5
W
3
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
Period(s) (?)161615151515141413131312121220191818171716161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616950173915341328362338165312859057726434233442801782743193348825808773086324541852164145
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13PM
2.64
2:05AM
2.70
2:40PM
2.69
3:18AM
2.96
3:50PM
2.85
4:17AM
3.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
1.05
7:35PM
0.90
8:23AM
0.91
8:52PM
0.77
9:36AM
0.65
9:52PM
0.57
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise8:32-------8:30-------8:29-------
Sunset--5:07-------5:08-------5:10-----
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--2--1--------
Temp. °C688767777787777667866544
Feels °C (?)-211-1-2-1-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-1-1-2-12322100
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