Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 27 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
8.6° 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 2AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
0.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)12131381317171717171616161615141455512191718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)466132725317513614814724123841038631412912217810297112117803993317332240
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
5
SE
15
E
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
35
SE
50
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
5.13
7:00PM
5.11
7:37AM
5.14
8:21PM
5.27
8:52AM
5.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
1.66
12:33PM
1.63
1:13AM
1.73
1:53PM
1.53
2:32AM
1.59
3:06PM
1.26
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise----7:43-------7:41-------7:39---
Sunset------4:44-------4:45-------4:47-
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-----------------11---4
Temp. °C988889888877788788777789
Feels °C (?)22234644563222211101210-1
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