Downend Point Surf Forecast

/ Devon (North) (15 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Downend Point surfForecast / Devon (North) / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 BST

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Downend Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Downend Point sea temperature is 17.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Downend Point today?

The current surf forecast for Downend Point at 1AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	10s
Evening (17 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	6	8	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	865	536	525	408	170	722	1133	1441	1494	1480	1778	1765	1547	1402	1226	1141	1027	903	692	651	637	587	518	518
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:09PM 6.17				3:04AM 6.05				3:44PM 6.40					4:25AM 6.46				4:51PM 6.95				5:21AM 7.02
Low Tide / height (m)			8:47PM 2.67				9:31AM 2.69					10:18PM 2.30				10:45AM 2.21				11:17PM 1.76				11:35AM 1.66

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	16	16	15	16	20
Feels °C (?)	10	10	9	9	6	8	10	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	13	14	15	16	15	13	14	12	13	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Devon (North)

Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Downend Point have swung cross-off (fresh winds from the SSE at Woolacombe NDHPC 5 km from Downend Point). 0.9m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.8m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
50 minutes ago Downend Point
Wind Update Cross-shore wind at Croyde have swung cross-off (fresh winds from the SSE at Woolacombe NDHPC 4 km from Croyde). 1.2m 9s swell from the WSW with a 0.9m 5s windswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
50 minutes ago Croyde

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Actual: 50 min ago

35 km/h

SSE

Cross-Off

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