Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 19 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
9.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 1AM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (20 Mar)1ft (0.3m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.2
WSW
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.1
SW
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.6
E
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1313455512444434514441212185131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4425173942221487555132071491515815171820
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
10
ESE
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:24PM
1.46
8:31AM
1.58
8:57PM
1.51
9:08AM
1.58
9:33PM
1.51
1:15AM
1.06
9:47AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:58PM
-0.26
4:18AM
-0.05
4:37PM
-0.27
4:57AM
-0.08
5:17PM
-0.21
12:57AM
1.06
5:39AM
-0.06
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:09-------6:07-------6:05-
Sunset-6:16-------6:17-------6:20------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1413111110981113121087671012119765711
Feels °C (?)99665537101064312699621028
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