Hot pipe Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST

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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 18.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 5AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s
Evening (17 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s

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

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		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	120	80	57	92	214	305	335	289	226	172	133	124	103	100	77	51	32	23	18	18	17	16	15	15
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:44PM 4.77				8:36AM 4.91				9:09PM 4.94				9:48AM 5.19					10:12PM 5.26				10:42AM 5.51
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08AM 1.85				2:55PM 1.95				3:27AM 1.65					4:02PM 1.67				4:26AM 1.35				4:53PM 1.36

		Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07

Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	21
Feels °C (?)	12	11	11	10	9	9	11	12	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	18	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Hot pipe (light winds from the WSW at ShorehamAirport 5 km from Hot pipe). 1.1m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.3m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
49 minutes ago Hot pipe

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Actual: 49 min ago

17 km/h

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Cross-On

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