Highcliffe surf break

Highcliffe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 15 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Highcliffe today?

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 4PM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)11ft (3.5m)8s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)99998877766665115666766613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)25252593276520391367953706471319223175156152103171124229261293304246231230294
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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)
2:30PM
0.99
6:28PM
1.06
7:20AM
1.09
7:25PM
1.10
8:33AM
1.15
8:26PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
0.47
3:57PM
0.97
11:05PM
0.39
11:51AM
0.52
12:43AM
0.31
1:17PM
0.43
1:50AM
0.15
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:45
Sunset---7:22-------7:19-------7:16----
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-----------11--------
Temp. °C161616151414131315171716151515151516161717171616
Feels °C (?)76776777101111111312119910111414141313
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  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Highcliffe (light winds from the SW at Burton wx 5 km from Highcliffe). A 3.8m swell from the WSW is too big for here

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1 h 9 min ago

16 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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