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Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
8.2° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 9AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
5
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
2
2
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.7
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
2.4
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.3
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
Period(s) (?)1110101010109911191816161616161616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27921416112512290608022048635554456458540104061406139603302279023091884169114631243
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
15
S
5
SW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
30
E
35
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
2.96
6:09AM
3.42
6:23PM
3.01
6:43AM
3.53
6:56PM
3.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
0.58
11:44PM
0.43
12:19PM
0.46
12:16AM
0.32
12:52PM
0.37
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:42-------8:41-------8:41-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:47-------4:49---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------133----31--14----
Temp. °C333355555665654444457554
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-200-2-204434311-1-2-3-3311-1
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