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Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 12 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
8.5° 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 10AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (12 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
0
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.9
W
1.7
W
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
2.1
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
WNW
2.4
NW
2.3
NW
2.2
NW
2
NW
1.8
NW
1.3
NNW
1
NW
1.3
W
1.4
W
1.4
W
Period(s) (?)10911111112121111111212111011111111111110121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)159110371010846688130214201084878972135615131293964127412101069897716375208464538538
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SW
10
SW
10
N
10
NW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
25
SW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:30PM
2.50
1:24AM
2.41
1:44PM
2.42
2:34AM
2.51
2:54PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:10AM
1.25
6:59PM
1.12
7:34AM
1.28
8:07PM
1.11
8:47AM
1.19
9:05PM
1.01
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise--8:48-------8:48-------8:48-----
Sunset----4:35-------4:37-------4:38---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----21111-----------4111
Temp. °C998998777767765544565765
Feels °C (?)2334464320-10-1-1-10-1-1-2-3-3121
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