Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 13 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
9.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 9PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)--
Afternoon (13 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Evening (13 Mar)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.9
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)15161610999999148888467677222019
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)51935335868128621617116810196926956525765300346361385382301483627
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
40
SW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13PM
0.97
5:56AM
1.07
6:47PM
1.03
6:14AM
1.16
6:58PM
1.10
6:32AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
0.58
12:49AM
0.63
1:14PM
0.42
1:23AM
0.50
1:43PM
0.25
1:55AM
0.37
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise------6:24-------6:20-------6:18-
Sunset-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C8644336810865568999765589
Feels °C (?)0-1-2-1-2-21464211232120-1-2-122
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