Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 15 Mar 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
9.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 4AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Evening (16 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SSE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1
SE
1.1
SE
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)7777720196655555566478451816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3302992141721299717112397746553536132261718171736534969
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
E
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
4.95
9:28AM
5.09
9:53PM
5.41
10:09AM
5.56
10:32PM
5.86
10:48AM
6.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:22AM
1.81
3:41PM
1.47
4:04AM
1.39
4:20PM
1.04
4:41AM
0.99
4:57PM
0.66
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----6:13-------6:11-------6:09---
Sunset-------6:06-------6:07-------6:08
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C8877810109999999101213121199111312
Feels °C (?)0-10123322334446898742576
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