Highcliffe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.73° N 1.70° W

Highcliffe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is
21.7° C
5.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Highcliffe today (29 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 5PM is: 0.7m 3s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jul)--
Afternoon (29 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (29 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
11
0.5
WSW
3
0.7
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.5
W
4
0.4
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
3
0.9
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
2
5
16
27
23
17
12
6
8
18
28
16
10
10
8
5
4
8
25
14
Wind (km/h)
5
S
20
SSW
30
SW
25
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
W
20
NW
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
10
N
20
SW
25
SW
25
WNW
25
NW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:53AM1.14m
12:32PM1.09m
8:56PM1.39m
9:23AM1.18m
1:08PM1.10m
9:26PM1.44m
9:53AM1.21m
1:46PM1.10m
9:55PM1.47m
Low Tide
10:59AM1.04m
4:40PM0.20m
5:02AM-0.07m
11:35AM1.05m
5:13PM0.17m
5:35AM-0.12m
12:12PM1.05m
5:47PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:28
5:28
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:57
8:54
8:53
 mm
Temp °C
21
21
23
23
20
17
16
16
20
21
22
22
17
16
15
14
19
20
21
21
16
Feels °C
22
19
18
20
19
15
15
15
18
18
19
18
12
12
11
10
16
15
16
15
10
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