Hot pipe Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.83° N 0.23° W

Hot pipe 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hot pipe sea temperature is
18.5°C
2.9° 

Hot pipe surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hot pipe today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Hot pipe at 2AM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Afternoon (09 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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7 PM
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1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
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10 AM
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4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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
Period (s)
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
9
0.6
W
3
1.1
WSW
4
2
WSW
6
2
WSW
7
1.8
WSW
7
2
WSW
7
2.4
SW
8
2.2
SW
8
1.4
SW
8
1.2
SW
8
1.2
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
2
8
50
275
342
306
361
657
617
257
173
156
127
104
95
87
101
95
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
WNW
25
W
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:51PM5.88m
11:15AM6.09m
11:33PM6.13m
11:54AM6.25m
Low Tide
4:42PM1.05m
5:01AM0.80m
5:23PM0.79m
5:41AM0.63m
6:00PM0.62m
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Temp °C
15
14
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17
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Feels °C
9
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