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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?
The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 11PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 5s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Hot pipe. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
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 kJ (?) | 100 | 77 | 49 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 23 | 22 | 64 | 29 | 99 | 284 | 211 | 139 | 106 | 37 | 47 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:12PM 5.26 | 10:42AM 5.51 | 11:01PM 5.58 | 11:25AM 5.78 | 11:41PM 5.83 | 12:01PM 5.97 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:02PM 1.67 | 4:26AM 1.35 | 4:53PM 1.36 | 5:12AM 1.08 | 5:33PM 1.10 | 5:49AM 0.88 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast
The wind is still cross-on at Hot pipe (light winds from the SW at Shoreham-by-sea Airport 3 km from Hot pipe). 1.0m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
3 h 4 min ago
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