Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 1PM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (14 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
1
S
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
S
0.7
SW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)8845666858556686612151615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39223811719719272596660681331561963631952098221694149312791034821581
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.22
7:35PM
1.26
7:23AM
1.32
7:56PM
1.38
7:56AM
1.43
8:25PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
0.42
2:34PM
0.12
2:58AM
0.26
3:13PM
-0.03
3:37AM
0.11
3:52PM
-0.13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise-6:15-------6:13-------6:11------
Sunset-----7:59-------8:00-------8:01--
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C101010101111111111121213121211111111121312111111
Feels °C (?)654466677877666668887888
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