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Downhill surfForecast / Londonderry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 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 9AM is: 0.8m 19s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 19). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)19s
Afternoon (19 Jan)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)16s

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
Thu
22
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WNW
0.3
NW
0.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
NW
1.7
NW
1.8
NW
1.8
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
0.7
NW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)92019171616161616161515151514141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1663499157317281707147414741571151313141062856685598514410347290241152149149114
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
20
S
15
S
15
SE
25
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
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
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise--8:38-------8:37-------8:37-----
Sunset----4:36-------4:37-------4:39---
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--122211----111--1--1--2
Temp. °C676667765457788776677768
Feels °C (?)112330-101-1-1-2-4-2-1-3-3-20011-12
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