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Downhill surfForecast / Londonderry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 GMT
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Downhill surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Downhill sea temperature is
8.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Downhill today?

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 2AM is: 1.7m 16s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (20 Jan)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)191716161616161615151515141414131313121212121219
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49915731728170714741474145614021314106285668559852141634729024115414911811611095
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
10
S
10
SE
30
SE
35
SE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
SE
30
SE
45
SE
45
SE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
2.13
6:44PM
1.91
7:10AM
2.20
7:16PM
1.91
7:42AM
2.22
7:48PM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.31
12:57AM
0.13
1:32PM
0.27
1:26AM
0.09
2:03PM
0.25
1:56AM
0.09
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise8:38-------8:37-------8:37-------
Sunset--4:36-------4:37-------4:39-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
133312---1212--1----2121
Temp. °C777777556778777667769999
Feels °C (?)2450-1200-1-2-4-20-3-3-2-10-2-31112
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