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Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 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
9.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 12PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (17 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (17 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
1
W
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.3
WNW
3.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
Period(s) (?)1313131212121111111010101099111018171616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)237621171712129911228656955955734003392792281731595776271169717690458933842486458754
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
0
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
E
5
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
W
10
SW
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassonglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
2.79
5:31AM
3.21
5:45PM
2.89
6:06AM
3.37
6:19PM
2.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.69
11:07PM
0.54
11:41AM
0.55
11:40PM
0.41
12:16PM
0.44
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--8:47-------8:45-------8:45-----
Sunset----4:46-------4:47-------4:50---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1-2----
Temp. °C655666643223555555666543
Feels °C (?)43343430-2-3-4-3-1-100-2-300320-2
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