Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 16 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
9.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 10PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 16). 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 (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.5
W
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1
W
1
W
0.9
W
Period(s) (?)1413121212111212111110109991199998101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12949616905554643774625501146815669605708851777552468430321238206188186154
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
S
40
S
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:03PM
3.36
6:11AM
3.72
6:40PM
3.54
6:52AM
3.77
7:18PM
3.63
7:34AM
3.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
0.20
12:24PM
-0.14
12:36AM
0.05
1:01PM
-0.17
1:17AM
-0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset-8:37-------8:38-------8:40------
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1--11--11--1--11--------
Temp. °C10101010119911111088878999887679
Feels °C (?)423231134433222335554347
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