Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 09 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
7.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 1PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
S
1.7
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)10981212121212121212111111111145678887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5302128267696817214614411686807642414042166425587943994898545
Wind
(km/h)
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
S
50
S
50
S
50
S
50
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
5.42
3:58AM
5.33
4:20PM
5.07
4:48AM
5.01
5:13PM
4.76
5:44AM
4.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:26AM
1.32
9:46PM
1.34
10:14AM
1.61
10:36PM
1.67
11:07AM
1.86
11:30PM
1.95
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------
Sunset--4:14-------4:15-------4:16-----
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
2-----------------214221
Temp. °C455443221233333455678101111
Feels °C (?)-8-7-5-6-6-7-8-7-7-5-3-20-1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3144
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