Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 10 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
7.5° 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 4AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4ft (1.2m)4s
Afternoon (11 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
S
1.7
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111111467788766111261212111111666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)604241405618045573210627083782682372382071144886561154138266300341
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SE
20
SSE
30
S
40
S
45
S
50
S
55
S
55
S
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
40
S
45
SSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
5.01
5:13PM
4.76
5:44AM
4.75
6:16PM
4.56
6:48AM
4.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
1.67
11:07AM
1.86
11:30PM
1.95
12:05PM
2.04
12:31AM
2.13
1:07PM
2.11
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise----8:00-------7:58-------7:58---
Sunset------4:16-------4:17-------4:20-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------2-12----------3214
Temp. °C2346666891111111010101010101010910109
Feels °C (?)-10-2-1-4-4-5-4-3233334444664215
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