Downhill surfForecast / Londonderry / Ireland

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 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
15.3° 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 3AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
0.8
NW
0.6
NW
0.7
NW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
0.4
WNW
0.4
NW
0.5
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.6
WNW
1.5
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)1313131266677101010999161515141312111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)57424021518618618716111078101644638275273011481088971734545329248156
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
10
W
10
SSE
20
SE
40
ESE
30
SSE
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
1.38
3:21PM
1.65
4:10AM
1.48
4:33PM
1.85
5:03AM
1.62
5:22PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.75
8:33AM
0.79
10:04PM
0.65
10:05AM
0.64
11:08PM
0.48
11:01AM
0.45
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------7:43-------7:39-------7:37
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12111----282---------21-
Temp. °C131313131314151413111214151516151413131212121718
Feels °C (?)77887810121175910910988888101515
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Londonderry

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Downhill (moderate winds from the W at Magilligan Number 2 7 km from Downhill). 2.1m 5s windswell from the NW with a 0.6m 10s swell from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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22 km/h
W
Cross-On
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