Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 3AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
4
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
WNW
1
W
1.2
WSW
0.9
W
2.1
WSW
4
W
4
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
1.8
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)101012121111111010101099101514131312111110109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3170239223481752119415377425374472881942332121012106861211253554122258716161058655669590
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
10
SSE
20
SSE
40
SE
30
SSE
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32AM
2.37
2:12PM
2.71
3:11AM
2.43
3:36PM
2.91
4:20AM
2.63
4:34PM
3.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.06
7:35AM
1.20
8:59PM
0.98
9:11AM
1.08
10:11PM
0.75
10:13AM
0.85
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----7:07-------7:09-------7:11---
Sunset-------7:49-------7:46-------7:44
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11-1-1--1561-------33411
Temp. °C131313121314151412121314141515141313131112171717
Feels °C (?)5577910131284898877799810141415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sligo

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Lighthouse (light winds from the SSW at Finner 32 km from Lighthouse). 3.0m 9s swell from the WNW which is too big for here.

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32 km away, 2 h 0 min ago

11 km/h
SSW
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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