Hot pipe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 0.23° W

Hot pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hot pipe sea temperature is
18.6°C
2.3° 

Hot pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hot pipe today (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 5PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Afternoon (29 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (29 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Tue night, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
10 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
4
0.9
SE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.6
SSE
4
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.2
S
5
1.1
SSW
5
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
11
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.6
SW
10
1.2
SW
10
0.5
SW
11
0.6
SW
10
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
24
16
3
10
53
74
76
73
64
54
55
54
53
65
313
55
69
54
45
108
Wind (km/h)
25
ESE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
S
40
SSE
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
W
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
1:38PM6.50m
1:58AM6.47m
2:18PM6.35m
2:41AM6.26m
3:02PM6.05m
Low Tide
7:22AM0.36m
7:40PM0.40m
8:00AM0.48m
8:20PM0.55m
8:42AM0.75m
9:05PM0.82m
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Temp °C
18
20
22
22
21
21
21
20
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
18
17
16
16
Feels °C
15
16
19
21
19
17
18
15
17
16
15
17
17
15
14
13
13
14
12
12
13
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