Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 BST
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Highcliffe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is
10.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 9PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (05 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
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 (?)
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010101045201819181716161515161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)889595341247204141102656538466467210608686655508362331220248122107
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
15
NW
10
NW
0
NNW
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19PM
0.97
10:49PM
1.35
11:07AM
1.25
3:10PM
0.94
11:19PM
1.27
11:38AM
1.15
3:59PM
0.92
11:49PM
1.17
4:04AM
0.90
12:09PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
0.97
6:40PM
0.15
6:58AM
0.16
2:22PM
0.93
7:14PM
0.28
7:33AM
0.27
2:40PM
0.90
7:48PM
0.41
3:08AM
0.90
8:09AM
0.38
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:31-------6:28--
Sunset-7:44-------7:45-------7:47------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11987779899101010910111314141412111213
Feels °C (?)4555434244555334689108789
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