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Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 09 Dec 2025 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
10.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 7AM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 09). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Dec)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (09 Dec)16ft (5.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
5
6
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
Period(s) (?)161616161514131311111011121214141313131414171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3886335129822713224110732878258483690307532283553344328075794406731062652213924871759380551196854
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
35
SE
45
SSE
40
SE
40
S
60
WSW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
40
S
45
S
45
S
50
SSE
30
W
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
3.55
9:09PM
2.73
9:31AM
3.36
10:07PM
2.53
10:29AM
3.16
11:12PM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57PM
0.43
2:50AM
0.63
3:58PM
0.63
3:45AM
0.85
5:04PM
0.79
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Fri
12
Sunrise--8:41-------8:42-------8:44-----
Sunset----4:09-------4:09-------4:09---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
351122---1---------231--
Temp. °C111315141310910991010101111910101187777
Feels °C (?)47776-3-210012244100124322
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