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Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 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
9.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 10AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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)
!
2
4
3
2
1
!
!
3
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
NNW
2.5
N
2.5
N
1.6
N
1.6
WNW
2.2
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)910101011109910101011111212131312121212121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186715191302480561908183619621629145517921868187518951777221323402160220216493517384141874254
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
W
35
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
3.69
8:41PM
2.86
8:59AM
3.48
9:26PM
2.70
9:43AM
3.21
10:14PM
2.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
0.28
2:24AM
0.44
3:18PM
0.47
3:08AM
0.65
4:04PM
0.68
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--8:55-------8:53-------8:53-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:31-------4:32---
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----1-------11-11111-111
Temp. °C776448877556665545577767
Feels °C (?)-1120-10001123110-1-3-2-1-1-10-1-1
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