Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 18 Apr 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
9.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 2AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
W
0.6
WNW
0.7
NW
0.8
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.3
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)10109988101514131212121114131314131212151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)502371287281206158190148191222264251392319329577463704590530545923862803
Wind
(km/h)
20
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
15
N
5
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
3.63
7:34AM
3.69
7:58PM
3.63
8:19AM
3.51
8:42PM
3.54
9:07AM
3.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
-0.17
1:17AM
-0.02
1:39PM
-0.08
2:01AM
0.02
2:19PM
0.10
2:48AM
0.17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:22-------6:20--
Sunset-8:40-------8:43-------8:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9988767910111097781111119877710
Feels °C (?)445543477865345878542213
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