Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
8.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 7PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.7
WSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313816151414131313131212121212111313131212126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180134330314382157814702613862861991519371505133262725249860193
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
30
W
35
W
35
W
20
W
15
W
10
WSW
0
NW
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
ENE
35
ENE
40
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
N
15
N
5
NNW
10
SSW
25
SSW
40
SSW
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
4.32
7:43PM
4.35
8:15AM
4.43
8:53PM
4.60
9:15AM
4.72
9:44PM
4.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
2.33
2:00AM
2.36
2:33PM
2.16
3:05AM
2.13
3:29PM
1.85
3:55AM
1.81
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise7:18-------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset--5:10-------5:12-------5:14-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------1----------------4
Temp. °C8109888877986533224655652
Feels °C (?)44203456563-3-4-6-6-7-5-3121-1-5-9
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