Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 20 Aug 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
17.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 8PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)--
Afternoon (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (20 Aug)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.5
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)777666615141313121211111110101099998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)151811917151524429513415418316315411510598797452494932
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
N
5
NE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
SE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
3.12
5:17AM
2.85
5:35PM
3.39
6:02AM
3.01
6:17PM
3.60
6:41AM
3.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.57
11:11AM
0.59
11:53PM
0.36
11:53AM
0.39
12:33AM
0.20
12:30PM
0.25
Wednesday
20
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:22-------6:24--
Sunset-8:54-------8:52-------8:50------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716141312141616151514141314151616161515141619
Feels °C (?)171515131211141615141413141314141515151514131519
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sligo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Lighthouse (light winds from the E at Sligo Airport 4 km from Lighthouse). 0.3m 8s swell from the WNW with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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