Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
8.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 10PM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 2.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)--
Afternoon (27 Feb)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (27 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
5
4
5
4
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
0
3
3
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
2
W
2.1
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)121313131515141414131313121212111112121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)245520021834167129482258199916081267125612881127103910841185121313341570165216101990128810581004
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
0
NW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
40
S
40
S
20
NW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49PM
2.56
3:17AM
3.01
3:54PM
2.79
4:12AM
3.34
4:43PM
3.01
4:57AM
3.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.93
9:43AM
0.64
9:49PM
0.67
10:33AM
0.36
10:34PM
0.42
11:14AM
0.14
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:26-------7:24-------7:22-
Sunset-6:05-------6:07-------6:08------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1----11114371---
Temp. °C8666432656556810109111166668
Feels °C (?)20240-1-3-2-110-1-225753312213
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