Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 26 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
9.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 6PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.8m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
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!
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!
!
!
!
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0
0
0
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.3
W
2.4
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
7
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
NW
3
NW
2.5
W
3.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)121212111110111115191817161616161514141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)235417471396120812011221148517885512225662347123390219232375823761208691584911039848662355212269917092871
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
25
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
35
WNW
40
W
40
WNW
30
W
35
W
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34AM
2.40
12:16AM
2.71
1:21PM
2.35
1:51AM
2.84
2:45PM
2.52
3:01AM
3.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28PM
1.17
7:03AM
1.03
7:19PM
1.17
8:35AM
0.83
8:39PM
0.97
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:58-------7:00-------7:01----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11122---1--1121111-----
Temp. °C6689108877877666677787778
Feels °C (?)213564420-1-3-3-2-3-4-5-3-3-21221-1
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