Downhill Surf Break

Lat Long: 55.17° N 6.84° W

Downhill 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Downhill sea temperature is
15.2°C
1.8° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with WNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 12s period with WNW swell.

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 8PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (27 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue night, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Mon afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Tue night).

Sun
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.7
WNW
11
0.8
WNW
12
1.1
WNW
12
1
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
12
0.9
WNW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.9
NW
11
0.7
WNW
10
0.7
NW
11
0.7
NW
11
0.6
WNW
11
0.4
WNW
11
0.4
NW
10
0.3
WNW
10
0.2
WNW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
111
111
115
180
330
275
255
247
243
215
172
166
166
88
126
121
78
44
26
20
10
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
35
NW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
7:26PM2.36m
7:41AM2.13m
7:59PM2.33m
8:15AM2.13m
8:34PM2.23m
Low Tide
1:13PM-0.00m
1:42AM0.01m
1:45PM-0.00m
2:12AM0.05m
2:20PM0.05m
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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7:20
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7:24
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7:14
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7:12
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7:08
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 mm
2
7
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Temp °C
13
11
13
12
11
10
9
9
10
13
15
13
11
11
12
11
13
15
15
15
16
Feels °C
9
4
8
6
7
6
5
5
5
9
11
10
6
6
8
6
7
7
8
7
8
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