Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 9PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.1
SSW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
S
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)6666111111111110455666777717171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1341381076631291840291740477714816423048872315611177716973
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
NNE
15
N
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
S
30
SSW
30
W
35
SW
35
SW
30
S
45
S
40
S
40
SSE
30
SSW
35
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
4.51
7:55AM
4.61
8:30PM
4.62
8:53AM
4.73
9:23PM
4.82
9:42AM
4.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
2.11
1:35AM
2.17
2:09PM
2.06
2:36AM
2.09
3:04PM
1.91
3:29AM
1.92
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise------7:58-------7:56-------7:56-
Sunset4:20-------4:21-------4:22-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
3411------13---6552---11
Temp. °C101010766668101089999991066999
Feels °C (?)4572233246422230114-20323
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