Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 10AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
4
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
1
2
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
2.4
W
2
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.6
NW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
W
1.3
W
1.3
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
WNW
1.2
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.9
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.6
NNW
Period(s) (?)12121110109912881010101011101010911551010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2254154692451037720313298181168250279314347610468279192113334118192616544
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
ESE
15
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
0
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21AM
2.64
4:35PM
3.18
5:09AM
2.84
5:20PM
3.40
5:47AM
3.02
5:57PM
3.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.86
11:01PM
0.52
10:59AM
0.62
11:39PM
0.32
11:37AM
0.42
12:11AM
0.18
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise--7:11-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset-----7:44-------7:42-------7:38--
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---23111------------2257
Temp. °C121112121517171613121314151412111111131413121210
Feels °C (?)78101013141412101010111211989812148673
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Sligo

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Strandhill (calm at Sligo Airport 2 km from Strandhill). A 1.7m groundswell from the W

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