Hot pipe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 0.23° W

Hot pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hot pipe sea temperature is
20.8°C
3.7° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 2s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 10PM is: 0.4m 2s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)--
Afternoon (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)2s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed night, strong winds from the SSW by Sat morning).

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
8
0.4
E
2
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
E
3
0.5
ESE
4
0.4
ESE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SSW
3
0.6
SW
4
0.5
SW
4
0.5
SW
3
0.5
WSW
4
0.5
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
1.2
SW
5
1.7
SW
6
2.5
SW
7
2.3
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
1
2
4
2
7
4
2
3
10
6
6
7
8
13
67
189
605
655
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
WSW
15
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:26PM5.36m
11:47AM5.61m
00:00AM5.69m
12:21PM5.91m
Low Tide
5:21PM1.53m
5:37AM1.24m
5:56PM1.24m
6:10AM0.95m
6:28PM0.99m
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:00
7:58
7:55
 mm
3
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
20
21
20
19
19
18
19
20
20
20
18
18
18
16
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
19
21
17
19
19
19
18
18
19
19
15
16
16
15
16
13
12
12
12
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