Downhill Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.17° N 6.84° W

Downhill 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Downhill sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.6° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with NW swell.

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (05 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
NW
11
1.3
NW
10
1.2
NW
10
1.1
NW
9
1
NW
9
0.8
NW
9
0.6
NW
8
0.7
NW
8
0.6
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.4
NW
8
0.3
WNW
11
0.4
WNW
11
0.2
WNW
11
0.6
WNW
7
0.3
WNW
15
0.7
WNW
7
0.9
WNW
10
1.1
WNW
11
1.4
WNW
11
1.6
WNW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
533
334
262
217
156
109
54
66
41
16
15
22
40
12
33
42
48
170
275
441
639
Wind (km/h)
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
10
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:19PM1.51m
2:26AM1.44m
3:20PM1.63m
4:03AM1.54m
4:33PM1.86m
Low Tide
7:55PM0.76m
8:38AM0.75m
9:53PM0.64m
10:07AM0.58m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:41
6:43
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8:10
8:07
8:06
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
16
16
16
15
14
13
15
18
18
19
19
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
13
Feels °C
10
13
14
14
13
9
9
12
15
14
15
16
11
11
11
9
7
8
8
7
5
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