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Unknown surfers, Llangennith

4:36 pm 1 Feb 2012

Ogmore-by-Sea

5:35 pm 16 Feb 2011


Highcliffe ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 1.0

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Highcliffe Surf Forecast / United-Kingdom – South Coast / UK

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 00 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Highcliffe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.2
WSW
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SW
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SSW
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SW
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SW
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SSW
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SE
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S
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SSW
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SW
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WSW
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WSW
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Period (s) (?) 6 9 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 8 8 9 7 7 6 7 7
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Max-energy 4 3 13 48 27 76 32 14 16 115 1461 1351 1592 800 540 366 505 520
Wind
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10
SSE 20
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SSE 15
SW 20
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WSW 10
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SE 25
SSE 35
SSW 45
SW 30
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WSW 35
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Highcliffe blow from the N
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM 1:30AM
2.38 1.81
10:10AM
2.26
2:05PM
1.84
10:29PM 2:22AM
2.42 1.79
10:58AM
2.27
2:56PM
1.88
11:14PM 3:12AM
2.37 1.77
11:45AM
2.19
3:46PM
1.92
11:59PM
2.26
4:02AM 12:34PM
1.77 2.06
4:36PM
1.97
12:43AM
2.09
4:50AM
1.78
1:24PM 5:23PM
1.91 2.00



Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
1.74
4:38AM 12:41PM
0.20 1.67
5:00PM
0.38
1:14AM
1.69
5:26AM
0.17
1:27PM 5:50PM
1.68 0.45
2:00AM
1.67
6:15AM
0.23
2:10PM 6:39PM
1.69 0.59
2:43AM
1.65
7:05AM
0.37
2:49PM
1.71
7:30PM 3:23AM
0.76 1.64
7:55AM
0.54
3:24PM
1.72
8:22PM
0.95


 

Note: the tide data above is for Bournemouth, England which is 13 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Highcliffe. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is 12.8 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 12.6 max: 13.8 min: 11.3 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed night, strong winds from the SW by Fri afternoon).
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Rain (mm) - 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 4 2 3 2 - - 1 - 1
High °C 12 12 12 13 16 16 13 16 15 14 14 15 12 13 14 11 13 14
Low °C 11 11 12 12 15 16 12 14 14 13 13 12 11 12 13 11 12 13
Chill °C (?) 12 10 10 12 15 15 12 15 14 12 11 13 9 10 12 8 10 12
Sunrise - 4:56 - - 4:54 - - 4:54 - - 4:54 - - 4:54 - - 4:54 -
Sunset - - 21:14 - - 21:15 - - 21:15 - - 21:16 - - 21:17 - - 21:17
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Highcliffe is 5 km (3 miles) from the city of Christchurch. If you plan a holiday in The South Coast of England, look for hotels and other accommodation in Christchurch. Christchurch has rooms for a wide range of budgets as well as car hire and transport links.