Highcliffe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.73° N 1.70° W

Highcliffe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Highcliffe sea temperature is
18.8°C
2.8° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Highcliffe at 4AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
11
0.7
SSE
4
0.9
SSE
4
1.2
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
5
1.3
SW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
0.8
WSW
7
0.7
SW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
SW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.4
SW
7
1.2
E
5
1.1
E
6
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.2
WSW
11
0.6
SE
4
1
SE
4
1.4
SE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
12
12
28
59
116
115
124
96
86
66
64
39
27
21
14
82
78
12
12
11
10
35
99
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
E
20
ESE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
40
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:05AM1.45m
9:12PM1.53m
9:35AM1.50m
9:46PM1.55m
10:09AM1.52m
Low Tide
4:38AM-0.16m
4:58PM-0.00m
5:16AM-0.18m
5:36PM-0.04m
5:55AM-0.14m
6:17PM-0.03m
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Temp °C
16
16
17
17
17
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15
14
13
13
14
16
15
13
13
13
13
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15
18
19
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21
Feels °C
13
13
14
13
12
13
13
13
12
11
11
12
14
12
9
11
11
12
12
12
15
16
16
15
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