Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Highcliffe today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 9PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Highcliffe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 63 | 45 | 47 | 31 | 83 | 160 | 223 | 150 | 111 | 87 | 69 | 69 | 50 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 88 | 201 | 266 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 3:40PM0.96m | 11:51PM1.16m | 4:08AM0.92m | 12:09PM1.14m | 4:23PM0.93m | 00:26AM1.02m | 4:56AM0.91m | 12:43PM1.01m | 5:05PM0.94m | ||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:44PM0.95m | 7:48PM0.28m | 2:55AM0.90m | 8:04AM0.37m | 3:12PM0.92m | 8:26PM0.42m | 3:10AM0.87m | 8:43AM0.53m | 3:22PM0.90m | 9:11PM0.55m | |||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | — | — | — | — | SW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | — | — |
| kJ | 63 | 45 | 47 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 17 | — | 42 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 17 | 35 | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | WSW 14 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 19 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 9 | 20 | 22 | 31 | 83 | 160 | 223 | 150 | 111 | 87 | 69 | 69 | 50 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 88 | 201 | 266 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 15 | 24 | 39 | 10 | 247 | 199 | 266 | 266 | 266 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 342 | 193 | 13 | 191 | 345 | 345 | 345 |
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