Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 19 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 11AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (19 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
WNW
1
W
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
2
WNW
2.2
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.4
WNW
2.3
WNW
2.2
WNW
Period(s) (?)131213121212121211111111131313151615161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)980833750650519432355288251198194191298411539167419312198275128012766269623341993
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45AM
3.76
6:09PM
3.42
6:20AM
3.84
6:44PM
3.51
6:56AM
3.80
7:20PM
3.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
-0.10
12:02AM
0.04
12:31PM
-0.17
12:38AM
-0.00
1:05PM
-0.11
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset-----6:45-------6:45-------6:47--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C88810141412109881114129887710131297
Feels °C (?)4558121310775571110766558111063
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