Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 28 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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 10PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)16ft (5.0m)14s
Evening (28 Mar)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
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6
8
6
5
4
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3.5
W
4
W
4.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6.5
WNW
6
WNW
5.5
WNW
5.5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
Period(s) (?)141313121211111315171616161716161616161614141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8611617444493374273525004121642812733221852318822281210371972117509152641323211274880474675008393433162682
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
25
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
2.52
3:01AM
3.09
3:42PM
2.76
3:53AM
3.35
4:26PM
2.98
4:35AM
3.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
0.97
9:33AM
0.57
9:33PM
0.72
10:16AM
0.33
10:16PM
0.50
10:52AM
0.17
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------6:15-------6:13-------6:09-
Sunset-7:01-------7:04-------7:05------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----141----------------
Temp. °C887788101198888888910101010101012
Feels °C (?)01210-1230-10-1011148777767
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