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Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 IST
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Lighthouse surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lighthouse sea temperature is
8.4° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 11AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
7
7
9
8
8
7
6
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.2
NW
1.5
NNW
2
WNW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.5
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.5
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)111111121211111111111010121212122018181717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10651027113212916129061189123210098044863044374806397781763855610809106869565916277106548
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
30
S
40
S
40
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
2.42
2:34AM
2.51
2:54PM
2.45
3:31AM
2.67
3:49PM
2.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:34AM
1.28
8:07PM
1.11
8:47AM
1.19
9:05PM
1.01
9:43AM
1.03
9:53PM
0.87
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:48-------8:48-------8:47-----
Sunset----4:37-------4:38-------4:39---
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11--------1-21-11------1
Temp. °C776776544355666554456444
Feels °C (?)21-1-1000-1-1-3-3-5-32200-1-101-2-1-1
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