Lahinch Strand surf break

Lahinch Strand surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 IST
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Lahinch Strand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lahinch Strand sea temperature is
9.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lahinch Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Lahinch Strand at 10PM is: 3.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)13ft (4.0m)17s
Evening (15 Jan)13ft (4.0m)16s

Table - waves today at Lahinch Strand. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
Period(s) (?)171716161615151515151514141313121212111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96448650743164245592525557575999568150504297332926092135172613081005778546459382296282233
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16PM
3.30
3:33AM
3.60
4:03PM
3.50
4:16AM
3.83
4:43PM
3.68
4:54AM
4.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
1.25
9:54AM
1.02
10:03PM
1.06
10:31AM
0.79
10:40PM
0.87
11:06AM
0.58
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------8:41-------8:41-------8:40-
Sunset4:50-------4:52-------4:52-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
121---------------------
Temp. °C766555567655433465544445
Feels °C (?)2110000232110-1-1132100-101
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