Highcliffe Surf Forecast

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Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 17.7° 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 5AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	11	11	11	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	524	471	372	238	184	171	142	164	63	57	46	133	120	94	98	100	85	83	81	78	75	55	54	53
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	WSW	SE	NE	W	S	SSW	SSW	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:26PM 1.14				9:40AM 1.20			6:59PM 1.19	9:28PM 1.18					10:34AM 1.24			7:24PM 1.28	10:19PM 1.18			8:01AM 1.20	11:20AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			1:50AM 0.15				2:14PM 0.29		8:34PM 1.17		2:39AM -0.00				2:59PM 0.17		9:47PM 1.18		3:20AM -0.11		9:23AM 1.17		3:39PM 0.08

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	17	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Highcliffe (light winds from the SW at Burton wx 5 km from Highcliffe). 1.7m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
57 minutes ago Highcliffe

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Actual: 57 min ago

8 km/h

Clean

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