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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 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
7.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 8AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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
1
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
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
SW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.2
S
2.3
S
3
SSW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111511661111111111103555566788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1401382781358010510344302918184018124953731101544024521017979
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
N
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
30
W
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
40
S
50
S
40
SSE
60
S
65
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
4.61
7:25PM
4.51
7:55AM
4.61
8:30PM
4.62
8:53AM
4.73
9:23PM
4.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:31AM
2.13
1:07PM
2.11
1:35AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.06
2:36AM
2.09
3:04PM
1.91
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:56-----
Sunset----4:20-------4:21-------4:22---
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--1521111------1-135532-
Temp. °C101010101010106666679108888899105
Feels °C (?)76644550223236622120-10-2-9
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