Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Hot pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hot pipe sea temperature is
7.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 1AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
0.4
WSW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
SSW
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)11556677777616566161616161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4459911831934556845465953211391301131261086471125122119112171100125
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
S
45
S
50
S
55
S
50
W
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
4.62
8:53AM
4.73
9:23PM
4.82
9:42AM
4.94
10:07PM
5.08
10:23AM
5.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
2.09
3:04PM
1.91
3:29AM
1.92
3:52PM
1.69
4:15AM
1.71
4:34PM
1.45
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----7:56-------7:56-------7:54---
Sunset------4:22-------4:23-------4:25-
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1--2662---1---11211----
Temp. °C109999991068889999989999109
Feels °C (?)43311-1-1-1-6111223343445565
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