Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 11 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
7.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
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)

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)7788766661212116111156661111111011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4607781132110950331229323112048647816397154135143136122774230293829
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
55
S
60
S
55
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13PM
4.76
5:44AM
4.75
6:16PM
4.56
6:48AM
4.61
7:25PM
4.51
7:55AM
4.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
1.95
12:05PM
2.04
12:31AM
2.13
1:07PM
2.11
1:35AM
2.17
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset4:16-------4:17-------4:20-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1112---11-----331242----
Temp. °C7781011101091010101010101010910665445
Feels °C (?)-4-5-4-143345655554325-110011
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