Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 Mar 2026 IST
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Strandhill surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Strandhill sea temperature is
8.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 3AM is: 1.3m 18s primary swell from a West direction and 1.9m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)8ft (2.4m)16s
Afternoon (18 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (18 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
W
2
W
1.3
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
Period(s) (?)121218161615141413131312131212121212111111111312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1320115110513262282723112127163312881127980833750650519432418343251198194187303490
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
3.59
5:35PM
3.27
5:45AM
3.76
6:09PM
3.42
6:20AM
3.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.35
11:26AM
0.07
11:28PM
0.16
11:58AM
-0.10
12:02AM
0.04
12:31PM
-0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----6:43-------6:39-------6:37---
Sunset-------6:43-------6:45-------6:45
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C76668988899881114141311988111312
Feels °C (?)33336754466559131312965591110
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