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Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 14 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
8.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 4AM is: 0.9m 20s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)11ft (3.5m)18s
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)17s
Evening (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
4
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
5
4
4
5
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
W
1.5
W
1.5
W
2.5
W
3.5
W
3.5
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
Period(s) (?)121212181817171616161615151515151514141313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55562566048136593656060335178505342133882318527232960300027752457198414871138852681556464
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SE
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		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglassglassglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
2.70
3:50PM
2.60
4:19AM
2.89
4:35PM
2.74
4:59AM
3.09
5:13PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
1.05
9:44AM
1.07
9:54PM
0.91
10:29AM
0.90
10:34PM
0.74
11:08AM
0.73
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----8:45-------8:45-------8:44---
Sunset------4:40-------4:42-------4:44-
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1---------------------
Temp. °C554445645432246555444565
Feels °C (?)10-1-1012-10-1-2-3-202222121342
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