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Downhill surfForecast / Londonderry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 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
9.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Downhill today?

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 7PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (11 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WNW
0.7
WNW
0.7
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NNW
1.8
NW
2.2
NNW
2.4
NNW
2.1
NNW
1.8
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
Period(s) (?)11121212121111119131312121212121010111110111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)741381314543923463293171452951018149817221333970612256210563523504523533441
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSW
35
SW
45
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
S
15
WNW
10
E
20
S
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
S
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
1.36
1:22PM
1.47
2:18AM
1.40
2:46PM
1.47
3:28AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33PM
0.74
6:45AM
0.78
7:45PM
0.78
8:16AM
0.82
8:58PM
0.75
9:37AM
0.76
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------8:47-------8:45-------8:45-
Sunset4:22-------4:23-------4:24-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-321----111212-1-------1
Temp. °C111210999998878566666554444
Feels °C (?)54-11-112435430-1-1-2-3-2-3-1-2-2-3-3
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