Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 GMT
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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
9.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 1AM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (12 Mar)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (12 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
0.9
SW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)71515151567789999991071699991515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23533133526212373455769031482213320072765162011019971057493353404354255186176104
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
55
SW
55
SW
55
SW
55
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09PM
0.88
4:39PM
0.89
12:48AM
0.88
4:49AM
0.95
5:28PM
0.92
5:28AM
1.01
6:13PM
0.97
5:56AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.84
8:29PM
0.66
1:38AM
0.88
9:27AM
0.68
10:29PM
0.74
12:43PM
0.58
12:49AM
0.63
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------6:28-------6:26-------6:24-
Sunset-6:02-------6:05-------6:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1--361----------
Temp. °C111089910101010111111866786533369
Feels °C (?)45442110-1110-1-2-1-1000-1-2-214
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