Hitherhills Surf Break

Lat Long: 40.99° N 72.04° W

Hitherhills 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hitherhills sea temperature is
20.3° C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Hitherhills today (17 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hitherhills at 2AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (17 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (17 Jul)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, strong winds from the SW by Sat night).

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSW
5
0.8
SSW
5
0.6
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.5
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.7
SSW
6
0.4
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.5
S
5
0.6
S
3
0.8
S
4
0.7
S
4
1
S
4
1.2
SSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
24
31
20
12
9
7
10
16
23
31
9
15
9
13
8
20
19
38
81
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
50
SW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
High Tide
10:23PM1.02m
10:56AM0.95m
11:08PM0.94m
11:45AM0.94m
Low Tide
3:39PM-0.06m
4:23AM-0.09m
4:31PM-0.02m
5:04AM-0.05m
5:25PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:30
5:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:17
8:16
8:16
 mm
4
3
2
Temp °C
27
28
27
24
22
20
22
25
27
25
24
23
23
23
24
23
20
21
22
Feels °C
24
26
26
22
21
18
18
21
22
19
20
21
23
23
22
20
17
18
16
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