Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 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
7.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 9PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 03). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)--
Afternoon (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)16s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
0.9
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SW
1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)161216161615151414131376611111119191818171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49866087516131602127184452136825317042134921918763149670821231628132711991038966
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
E
5
ESE
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
25
SE
15
S
20
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:02PM
1.28
12:54AM
1.26
9:06AM
1.53
9:41PM
1.27
1:33AM
1.22
9:45AM
1.47
10:19PM
1.24
2:11AM
1.16
10:22AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
-0.38
11:00PM
1.15
4:57AM
-0.01
5:20PM
-0.32
11:47PM
1.13
5:37AM
0.07
5:58PM
-0.19
12:33AM
1.10
6:15AM
0.17
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:35-
Sunset5:00-------5:02-------5:04-------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
21-----1---1131-12451-11
Temp. °C6679888999989910109999991010
Feels °C (?)12553311210-1124543124665
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