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Lahinch Strand surf break

Lahinch Strand surfForecast / Clare / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 23 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
9.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lahinch Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Lahinch Strand at 4AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
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)
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3
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1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
1.6
WSW
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515151417161615141414181616151413131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38133669377036312708757068315790446234672710194716526363550742353388236417121160814625833759
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
5
WSW
10
W
10
NW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
20
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:19PM
3.94
8:27AM
4.07
9:01PM
3.82
9:13AM
3.86
9:51PM
3.68
10:09AM
3.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.70
2:32PM
0.48
2:49AM
0.87
3:17PM
0.71
3:41AM
1.09
4:14PM
0.98
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----8:33-------8:30-------8:30---
Sunset------5:06-------5:07-------5:08-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----44-111----------21011
Temp. °C777667755666667655567475
Feels °C (?)000-10321333422320-1-1-2-1-2-1-2
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