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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 29 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 8AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Evening (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.7
WSW
1
S
0.4
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.4
WSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1455125201817177889816161615151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97851031365499703594109492412721351125552313742487837607201671621259688
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
50
SSW
50
SSW
45
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
5.27
8:52AM
5.37
9:30PM
5.59
9:54AM
5.70
10:27PM
5.95
10:48AM
6.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32AM
1.59
3:06PM
1.26
3:40AM
1.31
4:08PM
0.93
4:37AM
1.00
5:00PM
0.63
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise----7:39-------7:39-------7:37---
Sunset------4:47-------4:49-------4:51-
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--1321-211-12-----111--1
Temp. °C7788999998778899999109988
Feels °C (?)-1-10444301-2-4-2012444455535
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