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Strandhill surf break

Strandhill surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 20 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
8.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strandhill today?

The current surf forecast for Strandhill at 3PM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)8ft (2.4m)15s
Afternoon (20 Jan)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
4
3
3
2
1
3
1
1
0
1
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
W
2.2
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
1.5
W
1.4
W
1.3
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1
W
0.9
W
1.2
W
2
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.4
W
2.3
W
2
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
Period(s) (?)151515141414131313121212121119171615141413121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2612211918811663131710979197826635224163442802099982320278427572545221717291209466332
Wind
(km/h)
40
ESE
40
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
25
E
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56PM
3.04
7:15AM
3.58
7:31PM
3.02
7:49AM
3.58
8:07PM
2.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.37
12:48AM
0.27
1:26PM
0.31
1:21AM
0.27
2:00PM
0.30
1:55AM
0.34
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise8:41-------8:40-------8:37-------
Sunset--4:49-------4:51-------4:52-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
141-11----33-1----------
Temp. °C778766656767887666765456
Feels °C (?)-2-22-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-2255222243100-1
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