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The Bar surfForecast / Sligo / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 09 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
8.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
!
!
!
!
4
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
!
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WNW
2.5
W
3
W
3.5
W
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3.5
WNW
3
WNW
2.3
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.7
W
1.9
W
1.9
W
1.8
W
1.7
W
1.6
W
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
4.5
W
4
W
3
W
2
W
Period(s) (?)121213131312121111111010101111111112121213121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12802246338937483932393729461985124279362249459090689077172471116312513663642232079915
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SW
10
SW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
S
40
S
30
S
30
S
35
SSE
40
S
40
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
2.58
10:34AM
2.95
11:10PM
2.46
11:27AM
2.69
12:13AM
2.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
0.68
4:00AM
0.88
4:56PM
0.88
4:57AM
1.11
5:53PM
1.05
6:11AM
1.26
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------8:51-------8:49-------8:48-
Sunset4:30-------4:32-------4:34-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
----11---2111-1128-----1
Temp. °C644454456678910101112111099889
Feels °C (?)21100-1010-1-2-2144443100136
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