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Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 30 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
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hot pipe today?

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 6PM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (30 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Evening (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
0.6
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
SW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)5171717171216161616161616151514141414131313135
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91184695499963517362165012413063103533533402582111621601238561836156
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSE
45
SSE
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
5.37
9:30PM
5.59
9:54AM
5.70
10:27PM
5.95
10:48AM
6.03
11:16PM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:06PM
1.26
3:40AM
1.31
4:08PM
0.93
4:37AM
1.00
5:00PM
0.63
5:25AM
0.74
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise7:39-------7:39-------7:37-------
Sunset--4:47-------4:49-------4:51-----
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-31-----------11-11---
Temp. °C999999889999999999999899
Feels °C (?)332022123444444445555343
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