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Back Strands surf Forecast / Sligo / Ireland

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 23 Apr 2024 IST
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Back Strands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Strands sea temperature is 10.5°C (Statistics for 23 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 10.0 °C max: 11.4 °C min: 8.9 °C)
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Back Strands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Back Strands sea temperature is 10.5°C (Statistics for 23 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 10.0 °C max: 11.4 °C min: 8.9 °C)


How big are the waves at Back Strands today?

The current surf forecast for Back Strands at 9AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (IST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (23 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (23 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
W
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
WNW
0.2
W
0.7
NW
1
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1
WNW
1
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.6
W
1.4
WNW
1.2
W
1.1
W
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.7
W
0.6
W
0.5
W
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.3
W
0.3
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
0.4
W
Period(s) (?)11111010109999889999101010946778811111413131312121211111110101010999991514131313121212111111111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)20222019232221201911106666101097136812813912313046948610451058892648425347224158116835233333117161616151715143028454443403737353435
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
15
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
30
N
35
N
35
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
30
WSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
35
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
15
SW
20
SSE
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
onononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
3.37
6:39PM
3.28
6:47AM
3.37
7:07PM
3.34
7:17AM
3.31
7:37PM
3.34
7:49AM
3.21
8:08PM
3.29
8:22AM
3.06
8:43PM
3.18
8:58AM
2.89
9:23PM
3.04
9:43AM
2.69
10:14PM
2.90
10:42AM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
0.24
12:35AM
0.38
12:52PM
0.23
1:07AM
0.35
1:20PM
0.26
1:38AM
0.39
1:49PM
0.35
2:11AM
0.48
2:20PM
0.47
2:47AM
0.62
2:56PM
0.63
3:29AM
0.79
3:38PM
0.81
4:24AM
0.96
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------6:05-------6:03-------6:01-------5:58-------5:56--
Sunset-----8:52-------8:54-------8:55-------8:58-------9:00-------9:01-------9:04------
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Rain (mm)
------------------1311-11--121----------2334421-------1--422
Temp. °C98899877778998888888876766656766667101098887788997779911121088799
Feels °C (?)5533333233454454454-1100322201211221432100-1000120112169641-136

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