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The Bar surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 IST
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The Bar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Bar sea temperature is
7.8° C
 (Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Bar today?

The current surf forecast for The Bar at 3PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
3
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.2
W
2
W
1.8
W
1.6
W
1.4
W
1.2
W
0.9
W
1.9
W
2.2
W
2.3
W
2.4
W
2.5
W
1.9
W
3
W
3
W
3
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)161514141413131312121216161515141518171615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37413519310428982452164213591087797574416412179421682241237526162199456645063929310627652651
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
40
E
45
E
45
SE
35
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
3.58
8:07PM
2.98
8:23AM
3.51
8:46PM
2.91
9:01AM
3.38
9:30PM
2.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
0.30
1:55AM
0.34
2:36PM
0.34
2:33AM
0.46
3:16PM
0.44
3:16AM
0.63
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise8:37-------8:37-------8:34-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:54-------4:57-----
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---132----12---2-1421-1-
Temp. °C777765555667766678666665
Feels °C (?)455531210-1020-1-1-2-2-2-4-21121
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