Downhill surfForecast / Londonderry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 BST
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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
15.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Downhill today?

The current surf forecast for Downhill at 2AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (14 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.9
WNW
0.9
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
0.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.8
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
0.6
WNW
1.2
NW
0.5
WNW
0.5
WNW
Period(s) (?)1112121111111010101099141467877612111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)347314319227172119713838362221414522013873722541681131093666664
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
45
SE
25
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
25
SW
20
SW
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
1.72
11:30AM
1.67
12:20AM
1.47
1:17PM
1.56
2:36AM
1.38
3:21PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.60
6:04PM
0.65
6:35AM
0.77
8:07PM
0.75
8:33AM
0.79
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:45-------7:43
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
1----256--31111121--111-
Temp. °C111112111111121313121313141514131313121313141413
Feels °C (?)88108643998810898667797889
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Londonderry

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Downhill (light winds from the SW at Magilligan Number 2 7 km from Downhill). 1.6m 8s swell from the NW with a 0.5m 9s swell, also from the NW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
SW
Cross-Shore
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