Downhill Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.17° N 6.84° W

Downhill 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Downhill sea temperature is
13.9°C
1.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Downhill today (18 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 10AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (18 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (18 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 12°C on Mon night, min 7°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
NW
11
0.7
NW
11
0.6
NW
10
0.6
NW
10
0.5
NW
15
0.6
WNW
14
0.7
WNW
13
0.5
WNW
13
0.4
WNW
13
0.6
NW
16
0.8
NW
16
1.1
NW
15
1.3
NW
15
1.3
NW
15
1.4
NW
14
1.3
NW
14
1.3
NW
14
1.3
NW
13
1.2
NW
13
1.2
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
1.1
NW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
114
110
85
80
115
134
151
96
55
208
352
525
696
757
813
706
656
570
503
488
374
380
380
Wind (km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
11:42AM1.46m
00:06AM1.22m
2:06PM1.44m
2:48AM1.24m
3:29PM1.56m
Low Tide
6:58PM0.95m
6:59AM0.87m
8:54PM0.89m
8:41AM0.79m
9:59PM0.74m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
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Temp °C
7
7
7
8
10
9
8
8
7
7
7
10
11
11
12
10
9
10
10
10
10
9
9
Feels °C
3
4
4
5
7
6
4
4
3
3
4
7
7
9
9
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
6
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