Lighthouse surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 06 Apr 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
9.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lighthouse today?

The current surf forecast for Lighthouse at 3PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)18s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
1
3
7
8
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.8
W
2.2
W
Period(s) (?)111212121213181717171616151515151414131312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9898056604972653504768769481336624580853074253391940203720334024441945153210027678191137
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
3.00
9:07PM
3.07
9:23AM
2.75
9:42PM
2.86
10:00AM
2.49
10:27PM
2.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
0.46
2:47PM
0.57
3:12AM
0.68
3:18PM
0.79
3:50AM
0.93
3:53PM
1.01
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-6:56-------6:52-------6:50------
Sunset-----8:19-------8:21-------8:22--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1-11---------
Temp. °C5681112121099910121313121098910121289
Feels °C (?)-2-204554444581011118778810835
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