Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today (20 Aug):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Aug, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with N swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with N swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with N swell.
The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 2AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Aug) | 10ft (3.0m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (20 Aug) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (20 Aug) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Lackan Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Wed night, light winds from the NW by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 19 | Thursday 20 | Friday 21 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | W 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | WNW 10 | N 8 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1043 | 922 | 959 | 752 | 614 | 1204 | 1312 | 887 | 624 | 478 | 399 | 340 | 282 | 263 | 250 | 209 | 120 | 139 | 86 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:07PM2.61m | 11:38AM2.50m | 00:05AM2.33m | 12:49PM2.36m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:45PM0.93m | 5:11AM1.02m | 5:44PM1.18m | 6:11AM1.24m | 7:15PM1.34m | ||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  |  |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 9:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:54 | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 8 | W 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | W 8 | NW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 1 | 922 | 959 | 752 | 614 | 386 | 273 | 184 | 173 | 135 | 103 | 96 | 70 | 68 | 35 | 30 | 38 | 14 | 14 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 17 | N 7 | — | — | — | W 16 | W 16 | — | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | WSW 9 | W 17 | WSW 8 | W 10 | NNE 9 |
| kJ | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 15 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 17 | — | WNW 8 | W 16 | WNW 7 |
| kJ | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | 11 | 5 | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WNW 10 | — | N 7 | N 6 | N 7 | N 8 | N 9 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 7 | N 6 | N 6 | NNW 6 | NNW 6 |
| kJ | 1043 | — | 4 | 164 | 502 | 1204 | 1312 | 887 | 624 | 478 | 399 | 340 | 282 | 263 | 250 | 209 | 120 | 139 | 86 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 196 | 196 | 57 | 731 | 352 | 331 | 417 | 374 | 730 | 296 | 296 | 255 | 296 | 448 | 296 | 296 | 296 | 296 | 129 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Mayo and Achill Island | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lackan Bay surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest