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Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 13 Mar 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
8.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 10PM is: 4.5m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)--
Afternoon (13 Mar)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (13 Mar)15ft (4.5m)14s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
6
5
4
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
1.7
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
5
WNW
6
WNW
7.5
WNW
8
WNW
8
WNW
7.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131312141213131210101213191919181817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10986919079696884584447813244271821511122251222741738179418913212586011840425064460141832360823000823538
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
30
NW
15
NW
15
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
W
35
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crosscrossononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
2.12
2:32AM
2.48
3:05PM
2.32
3:26AM
2.76
3:51PM
2.57
4:05AM
3.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
1.34
9:06AM
1.19
9:04PM
1.10
9:49AM
0.91
9:45PM
0.84
10:23AM
0.61
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise------6:52-------6:50-------6:48-
Sunset-6:32-------6:35-------6:37------
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light rain
light rain
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cloud
light rain
light rain
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-11--11---11-1121111-1
Temp. °C877555577766786654456588
Feels °C (?)10211001221110-3-4-5-6-6-4-2-212
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