Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
7.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 1AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)5ft (1.5m)19s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.8
SE
1.4
SSE
1.6
S
1.4
SW
0.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131266611191918181717161615141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)368253170132112236131175497520149919231729144812671039886820107714842171112322672345
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
30
ESE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
5
W
10
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41PM
1.27
1:33AM
1.22
9:45AM
1.47
10:19PM
1.24
2:11AM
1.16
10:22AM
1.38
10:58PM
1.20
2:46AM
1.09
11:00AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
-0.32
11:47PM
1.13
5:37AM
0.07
5:58PM
-0.19
12:33AM
1.10
6:15AM
0.17
6:35PM
-0.02
1:19AM
1.06
6:53AM
0.30
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:37-------7:35-------7:33-
Sunset5:02-------5:04-------5:06-------
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light rain
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light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9998899999999888889999810
Feels °C (?)210013334665556666733334
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