Highcliffe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.73° N 1.70° W

Highcliffe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is
18.5°C
2.6° 

Highcliffe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Highcliffe today (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 3AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (30 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (30 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Tue night, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
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
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
5
1
S
5
1.8
SSW
12
1.8
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.5
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.4
SW
11
1.3
SW
11
1
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
10
0.9
SW
9
0.9
SW
9
0.9
SW
9
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
46
936
787
671
553
496
584
698
361
538
538
462
389
220
258
200
137
134
128
120
118
99
79
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
35
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:24PM1.52m
10:45AM1.49m
2:56PM0.97m
11:03PM1.44m
3:27AM0.95m
11:23AM1.41m
3:51PM0.96m
11:46PM1.30m
4:25AM0.98m
12:06PM1.29m
4:43PM0.97m
Low Tide
6:36AM-0.05m
2:07PM0.96m
6:59PM0.01m
2:20AM0.93m
7:21AM0.07m
2:39PM0.93m
7:45PM0.09m
2:47AM0.91m
8:09AM0.22m
3:11PM0.91m
8:37PM0.20m
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Temp °C
20
19
20
17
18
18
18
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Feels °C
18
16
16
14
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14
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13
13
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12
13
12
13
13
13
12
12
12
14
15
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