Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 26 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
8.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 7PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
2
3
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.8
W
1.9
WNW
2
W
3
WNW
4.5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
4.5
WNW
4
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
3
WNW
1.8
NW
2
W
2.3
W
Period(s) (?)121212111110111115191818171616161514141313131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127296973079273070683198736911319114841142801367114018136751207290076452436131392508111011111371
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
W
35
WNW
40
W
35
WNW
25
W
30
W
40
WNW
40
WNW
40
NW
40
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
2.42
12:17AM
2.72
1:21PM
2.37
1:52AM
2.85
2:46PM
2.52
3:02AM
3.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
1.19
7:05AM
1.05
7:20PM
1.18
8:37AM
0.84
8:40PM
0.97
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset---6:58-------7:00-------7:01----
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11122---1--1121211-----
Temp. °C6689108777877666677787678
Feels °C (?)213674331-1-3-3-1-2-4-4-3-3-223110
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