Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
9.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 1PM is: 5.0m 16s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)16ft (5.0m)17s
Afternoon (11 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (11 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
!
!
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
4
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
4
W
5.5
W
5
W
4
W
3.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
5
W
5.5
W
5
W
4.5
W
4
W
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.5
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.1
WNW
Period(s) (?)141617161614141616151514141313121211111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3376893515923117567678480336446592108961259311022814957783888285919351230828599441402282235235
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
45
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
WSW
40
WSW
45
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
0
S
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
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:06AM
2.43
1:58PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
1.39
7:59PM
1.36
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:28-------8:30-------8:31--
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-23--111121-11------11--
Temp. °C436776777778985433699975
Feels °C (?)-5-8-3-3-400-1-2-3-2-1121-1-2-2134551
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