Hot pipe surf break

Hot pipe surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.9° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (15 Apr)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
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)5555566656614151414141413131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)464242405510712411290100966761761691642381841408357512249108
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32AM
5.63
10:56PM
5.94
11:16AM
6.09
11:38PM
6.32
11:58AM
6.45
12:20AM
6.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
1.31
4:42PM
0.98
5:04AM
0.88
5:23PM
0.60
5:44AM
0.52
6:04PM
0.33
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-6:07-------6:05-------6:03------
Sunset-----7:54-------7:57-------7:58--
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-------------------
Temp. °C121212131312111111101112121212121212111212121211
Feels °C (?)88888656546789910910787998
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