Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
8.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 12AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 19s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (25 Feb)8ft (2.4m)16s
Evening (25 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
2
4
4
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0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
W
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.3
W
1.6
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.9
NW
1.6
NW
1.1
W
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
W
3
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121312121916161616161515111113101011111212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)189717251281100212291367331734992839229918851256813577440112810401344218430033610533744413919
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
25
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:50PM
2.67
11:29AM
2.53
12:18AM
2.57
1:12PM
2.41
1:57AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
0.84
4:58AM
0.99
5:38PM
1.07
6:47AM
1.09
7:24PM
1.10
8:32AM
0.92
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:35-------7:33-------7:31-
Sunset-6:01-------6:04-------6:06------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------141-------1
Temp. °C111110101010101212121011108910119777778
Feels °C (?)66566661098663-11354445542
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