Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 06 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
10.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 7AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101045518191817161615151616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34124720414110265643846788626960867964850836233131425512210710351
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:49PM
1.35
11:07AM
1.25
3:10PM
0.94
11:19PM
1.27
11:38AM
1.15
3:59PM
0.92
11:49PM
1.17
4:04AM
0.90
12:09PM
1.03
4:47PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
0.16
2:22PM
0.93
7:14PM
0.28
7:33AM
0.27
2:40PM
0.90
7:48PM
0.41
3:08AM
0.90
8:09AM
0.38
2:54PM
0.86
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:28----
Sunset-------7:45-------7:47-------7:49
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8878991091010109101113141515141213141515
Feels °C (?)5644444445533368111111910111213
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