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Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
8.4° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 4AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
5
7
8
7
7
7
5
4
2
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1
W
1
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
1.1
W
1.4
W
1.3
WNW
3
WNW
4
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1111111010101010991019171616161616161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5534664493022902001901171042054161109599672837103639064706470597251254187352929352488
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSW
20
W
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
40
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscrossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:34AM
3.25
5:47PM
2.93
6:08AM
3.41
6:22PM
3.00
6:42AM
3.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
0.54
11:43AM
0.55
11:43PM
0.40
12:18PM
0.44
12:15AM
0.31
12:51PM
0.36
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----8:42-------8:41-------8:41---
Sunset------4:45-------4:46-------4:49-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1-1--------1---
Temp. °C543323556676567655446566
Feels °C (?)21-1-2-3-2-10-1-211235321-3-3-3032
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