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Huntcliff surfForecast / North East England / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Dec 2025 GMTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Huntcliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Huntcliff sea temperature is
9.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Huntcliff today?
The current surf forecast for Huntcliff at 5AM is: 0.1m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| Period(s) (?) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 6 |
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 kJ (?) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 41 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 169 | 135 | 54 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:24AM 3.69 | 1:50PM 3.75 | 2:09AM 3.81 | 2:29PM 3.88 | 2:50AM 3.91 | 3:06PM 3.99 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:30PM 1.27 | 7:51AM 1.08 | 8:12PM 1.08 | 8:31AM 1.00 | 8:51PM 0.91 | 9:09AM 0.92 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:21 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:22 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3:37 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Feels °C (?) | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -2 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -2 | 0 | 1 |
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