Highcliffe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.73° N 1.70° W

Highcliffe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is
20.2°C
3.5° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 3PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue afternoon).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SE
3
0.5
SE
4
0.5
SE
4
0.5
SE
4
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
8
0.1
SW
17
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
1.1
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
12
1.3
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.5
WSW
5
1.6
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
10
1.1
W
5
1.2
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
6
6
6
4
7
11
40
75
100
434
114
202
92
92
116
156
96
106
54
71
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
7:23AM1.02m
6:49PM1.08m
8:37AM1.09m
6:19PM1.19m
9:48AM1.18m
6:55PM1.30m
Low Tide
12:01PM0.49m
00:54AM0.29m
1:25PM0.38m
1:59AM0.09m
2:23PM0.23m
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:42
7:39
7:37
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
18
19
19
21
20
20
18
17
18
21
20
19
17
16
14
15
16
18
19
16
14
Feels °C
15
16
17
19
19
19
17
16
16
17
15
15
13
12
10
10
11
13
12
9
8
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