Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 21 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
8.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 12AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (22 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
3
4
4
4
3
1
0
0
3
3
5
4
5
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
4
WNW
5.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)161515141414131314141313131212131413131112121215
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5488467141173663309525732805397853234592406237443340308529222646280027322618223630613781520812563
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
0
NW
10
S
10
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
W
35
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
3.51
7:34AM
3.65
7:58PM
3.42
8:17AM
3.38
8:41PM
3.24
9:06AM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:04PM
-0.11
1:15AM
0.04
1:40PM
0.05
1:57AM
0.19
2:19PM
0.30
2:44AM
0.43
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:33-------6:30-------6:28-
Sunset-6:47-------6:50-------6:52------
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light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------32-1
Temp. °C12118778888887654899111111988
Feels °C (?)98533542234521-222243410-1
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