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Lackan Bay surfForecast / Mayo and Achill Island / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lackan Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Lackan Bay at 2AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (19 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
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5
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.1
WNW
2
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.7
WNW
2
WNW
1.9
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
4
NW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111111013131215151416161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29752493232219911789142712201077907637524431359400995126610333953460831397073760276357537
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
S
5
SW
0
SW
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
3.73
6:06PM
3.39
6:16AM
3.80
6:40PM
3.47
6:53AM
3.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24PM
0.18
11:54AM
-0.09
11:58PM
0.06
12:27PM
-0.15
12:35AM
0.01
1:01PM
-0.11
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise----6:43-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------6:46-------6:49-------6:51
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9987810131413111098111311109888101312
Feels °C (?)4433571012129865711108766681110
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