Highcliffe (Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole) weather

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Forecast days

Heavy rain changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves
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    7 day forecast for Highcliffe

    Today (2 September 2025)
    Time
    04:00
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    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Light shower night Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    60%
    70%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    6
    SW
    7
    SSW
    7
    S
    8
    S
    9
    S
    11
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    13
    S
    12
    S
    12
    SSW
    12
    SSW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    12
    SW
    11
    WSW
    10
    WSW
    9
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    16
    18
    22
    25
    25
    26
    25
    22
    23
    22
    23
    24
    24
    24
    24
    23
    20
    19
    21
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    86%
    84%
    83%
    88%
    90%
    89%
    91%
    89%
    85%
    80%
    76%
    76%
    76%
    79%
    83%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    UV - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    6
    7
    7
    8
    9
    11
    12
    13
    12
    12
    12
    13
    13
    13
    12
    11
    10
    9
    8
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    0.9
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.3
    1.5
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    12
    11
    6
    6
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    9
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
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    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 Cloudy Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    60%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    80%
    70%
    80%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    9
    SW
    10
    SW
    11
    SSW
    14
    S
    16
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    19
    SW
    19
    SW
    19
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    SW
    20
    SW
    19
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    23
    23
    24
    28
    40
    44
    42
    42
    39
    39
    37
    38
    37
    39
    39
    40
    40
    37
    32
    30
    28
    27
    28
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    M
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    88%
    93%
    95%
    95%
    94%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    84%
    78%
    74%
    71%
    68%
    69%
    71%
    74%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    10
    11
    14
    16
    19
    20
    21
    20
    20
    19
    19
    19
    19
    20
    20
    19
    18
    18
    16
    15
    13
    12
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.2
    1.5
    1.8
    1.9
    2.0
    2.2
    2.3
    2.4
    2.4
    2.4
    2.3
    2.2
    2.2
    2.3
    2.3
    2.3
    2.3
    2.2
    2.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Heavy shower night Heavy shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    80%
    80%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    60%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    11
    SW
    11
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    11
    WSW
    13
    WSW
    12
    W
    8
    W
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    26
    24
    23
    29
    31
    29
    21
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    82%
    84%
    90%
    74%
    59%
    66%
    74%
    86%
    UV - - - 1 4 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    11
    11
    8
    11
    13
    12
    8
    5
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.1
    2.0
    2.1
    2.0
    1.9
    1.6
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    11
    12
    12
    12
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (5 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    11°
    17°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    5
    W
    4
    WNW
    3
    WSW
    6
    SW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    6
    S
    3
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    9
    12
    19
    23
    21
    12
    8
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    87%
    92%
    93%
    69%
    57%
    57%
    73%
    86%
    UV - - 1 4 6 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    5
    4
    3
    6
    10
    10
    6
    3
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    9
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (6 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    16°
    19°
    20°
    20°
    19°
    19°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    17°
    18°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    4
    SE
    6
    SE
    7
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    13
    SSE
    12
    SE
    11
    SE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    13
    15
    19
    23
    25
    22
    18
    18
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    91%
    89%
    71%
    64%
    64%
    70%
    76%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    4
    6
    7
    11
    13
    12
    11
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.3
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (7 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    18°
    18°
    17°
    19°
    20°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    17°
    17°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    9
    SSW
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    12
    SSE
    13
    S
    12
    S
    10
    SSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    16
    19
    20
    20
    18
    13
    13
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    83%
    89%
    92%
    90%
    83%
    79%
    83%
    89%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    9
    10
    12
    13
    12
    10
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.8
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    11
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (8 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    15°
    14°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    7
    SW
    7
    SSW
    8
    SSW
    11
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SW
    11
    SW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    12
    13
    15
    18
    20
    20
    16
    13
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    89%
    92%
    92%
    79%
    66%
    65%
    72%
    83%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    7
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Tuesday 2 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 2 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 2 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 2 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 3 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 3 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 3 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 3 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 4 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 4 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 4 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 4 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 5 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 5 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 5 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 5 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 6 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 6 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 6 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 6 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 7 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 7 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 7 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 7 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 8 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 8 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 8 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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 8 September

    Tide times and heights are from Christchurch (Entrance) tidal station which is 2.9 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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    London & South East England weather forecast

    Headline:

    Sunny spells and occasional heavy showers. Gusty winds.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Showers gradually becoming restricted to English Channel coastal areas, with most inland areas dry by the early hours of Tuesday. Winds also easing inland, but staying breezy along coasts. Minimum temperature 11 °C.

    Tuesday:

    Brighter spells and showers at first. Cloud and rain then spreading east through the morning, breaking up into heavy and potentially thundery showers by the afternoon. Breezy along southern coasts. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

    Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

    Windy, with rain, heavy at times, spreading northeast early Wednesday, clearing to heavy, potentially thundery showers. Further heavy showers early Thursday, with sunny spells and isolated showers following. Drier Friday.

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    UK long range weather forecast

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