Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock (Beach) (Dorset) weather

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Forecast days

Overcast.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, the wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding not recommended for beginners/intermediate

Tide: Next high tide (3.8m) at

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    7 day forecast for Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock (Beach)

    Today (8 March 2026)
    Time
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Overcast Overcast Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    40%
    60%
    Temperature
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    17
    18
    18
    Visibility
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    94%
    96%
    96%
    UV - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    11
    11
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    13
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (9 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ESE
    10
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    12
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    14
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    12
    SE
    11
    SE
    11
    SE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    9
    SSE
    9
    SSE
    9
    S
    9
    S
    9
    S
    9
    S
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    18
    18
    17
    17
    16
    15
    14
    14
    15
    15
    15
    15
    15
    16
    16
    16
    14
    12
    12
    10
    11
    11
    12
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    P
    P
    P
    P
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    95%
    96%
    96%
    97%
    98%
    98%
    97%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    96%
    95%
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    93%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    13
    13
    12
    11
    11
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    10
    10
    9
    9
    9
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (10 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Overcast Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    50%
    80%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    9
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    8
    SW
    7
    SW
    7
    SW
    8
    SW
    9
    SW
    10
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    22
    SSW
    24
    SSW
    25
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    11
    13
    15
    17
    19
    22
    24
    25
    25
    25
    24
    25
    27
    31
    34
    35
    35
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    Humidity
    93%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    90%
    86%
    85%
    83%
    80%
    79%
    79%
    79%
    77%
    77%
    78%
    79%
    81%
    83%
    85%
    87%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    7
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    13
    15
    16
    17
    17
    17
    18
    20
    22
    24
    25
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.2
    1.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    10
    9
    9
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (11 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    90%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    25
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    26
    SW
    25
    WSW
    22
    WSW
    18
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    16
    W
    17
    W
    16
    W
    15
    W
    16
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    36
    37
    37
    37
    35
    29
    25
    25
    26
    27
    27
    28
    28
    26
    26
    25
    24
    22
    21
    20
    20
    22
    22
    24
    Visibility (description)
    M
    M
    M
    M
    P
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    90%
    92%
    93%
    94%
    93%
    91%
    87%
    82%
    78%
    76%
    76%
    73%
    72%
    68%
    67%
    68%
    67%
    66%
    68%
    70%
    72%
    74%
    75%
    75%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    25
    26
    26
    26
    25
    22
    18
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    17
    16
    16
    17
    16
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.6
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (12 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Overcast Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain Light rain
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    20
    SW
    20
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    22
    SW
    22
    SW
    23
    SW
    23
    SW
    24
    SW
    25
    SW
    25
    SSW
    26
    SSW
    27
    SSW
    28
    SSW
    30
    SSW
    31
    SSW
    31
    SSW
    33
    SSW
    34
    SSW
    34
    SW
    33
    SW
    32
    SW
    32
    WSW
    30
    Wind gust (mph)
    25
    27
    27
    29
    30
    31
    32
    34
    35
    37
    38
    40
    42
    43
    44
    45
    47
    48
    50
    49
    49
    48
    48
    43
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    M
    Humidity
    76%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    79%
    78%
    79%
    79%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    85%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    88%
    87%
    88%
    89%
    91%
    90%
    85%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    20
    21
    21
    22
    22
    23
    23
    24
    25
    25
    26
    27
    28
    30
    31
    31
    33
    34
    34
    33
    32
    32
    30
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    1.0
    1.1
    1.2
    1.3
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.6
    1.7
    1.8
    1.9
    2.0
    2.1
    2.1
    2.2
    2.3
    2.4
    2.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (13 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Light rain Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    70%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    29
    WSW
    24
    WSW
    24
    W
    24
    W
    22
    W
    22
    WNW
    20
    WNW
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    43
    38
    37
    37
    35
    33
    30
    29
    Visibility (description)
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    82%
    77%
    73%
    73%
    68%
    66%
    66%
    71%
    UV - - 1 1 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    29
    24
    24
    24
    22
    22
    20
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.6
    1.9
    1.6
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    7
    7
    8
    9
    9
    8
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (14 March 2026)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    18
    W
    16
    WNW
    16
    WNW
    17
    W
    16
    W
    18
    W
    18
    W
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    26
    27
    26
    28
    28
    27
    29
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    72%
    73%
    75%
    74%
    68%
    67%
    70%
    75%
    UV - - 1 1 2 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 8 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 8 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 8 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 8 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 9 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 9 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 9 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 9 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 10 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 10 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 10 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 10 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 11 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 11 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 11 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 11 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 12 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 12 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 12 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 12 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 13 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 13 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 13 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 13 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 14 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 14 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 14 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 14 March

    Tide times and heights are from Bridport (West Bay) tidal station which is 2.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    Cloudy with patchy rain.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Low cloud will continue to bring showery outbreaks of rain overnight, and a mixture of low cloud and fog leading to poor conditions, particularly over the hills. Staying frost free under the blanket of cloud. Minimum temperature 7 °C.

    Monday:

    A cloudy and grey start with some showery outbreaks of rain during the morning. Skies will brighten a little across eastern counties later on with some hazy spells of sunshine. Maximum temperature 15 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    Patchy cloud and sunny spells on Tuesday, and the odd shower. Turning increasingly windy thereafter with spells of rain and scattered showers, and some brighter interludes too. Near normal temperatures.

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