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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 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
8.4° 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 9AM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)16161616151414566519181778716161516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)318318175245178102961171438958145703505446750447174314411139353349331258
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
25
S
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
40
SSE
45
SE
25
SSE
50
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
WSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
5.14
8:21PM
5.27
8:52AM
5.37
9:30PM
5.59
9:54AM
5.70
10:27PM
5.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
1.73
1:53PM
1.53
2:32AM
1.59
3:06PM
1.26
3:40AM
1.31
4:08PM
0.93
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:39-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:47-------4:49---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------32111211--11111-
Temp. °C777788888899998889999998
Feels °C (?)321021102232102-302121254
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