Southend - Chalkwell Beach (Beach) (Southend-on-Sea) weather

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Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.

Head to a lifeguarded beach; check the RNLI lifeguarded beach tool
Follow RNLI Float to Live advice if you find yourself struggling in the water
Know what to do if you get caught in a rip current (RNLI)
Check the tide times to avoid getting cut off by the tide coming in
Call 999 and ask for the coastguard in an emergency
Learn more about staying safe at the beach

Weather forecast Beach forecast

Forecast days

Fri 26 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 37° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 20° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:42

Sunset: 21:18

Amber weather warning.

H UV

M Pollution

VH Pollen

Fri 26 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 37 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 20 degrees Celsius;
Sat 27 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 31° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 19° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:42

Sunset: 21:18

Amber weather warning.

H UV

L Pollution

VH Pollen

Sat 27 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 31 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 19 degrees Celsius;
Sun 28 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 26° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 14° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:43

Sunset: 21:18

Sunny intervals.

H UV

L Pollution

H Pollen

Sun 28 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 26 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 14 degrees Celsius;
Mon 29 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 25° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 16° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:43

Sunset: 21:18

Sunny changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

H UV

L Pollution

H Pollen

Mon 29 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 25 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 16 degrees Celsius;
Tue 30 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 24° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:44

Sunset: 21:18

Cloudy changing to sunny intervals by late morning.

H UV

L Pollution

H Pollen

Tue 30 Jun

Maximum daytime temperature: 24 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 15 degrees Celsius;
Wed 1 Jul

Maximum daytime temperature: 25° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 16° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:45

Sunset: 21:17

Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime.

H UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Wed 1 Jul

Maximum daytime temperature: 25 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 16 degrees Celsius;
Thu 2 Jul

Maximum daytime temperature: 26° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 15° Celsius;

Sunrise: 04:45

Sunset: 21:17

Sunny intervals.

H UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Thu 2 Jul

Maximum daytime temperature: 26 degrees Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 15 degrees Celsius;

Amber weather warning.

Sunrise: 04:42

Sunset: 21:18

H UV

M Pollution

VH Pollen

Amber warning: Extreme heat

7 day forecast for Southend - Chalkwell Beach (Beach)

Today (26 June 2026)

Time	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	27°	26°	24°
Feels like temperature (°C)	27°	25°	24°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 10	WSW 9	WSW 9
Wind gust (mph)	17	16	15
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	56%	63%	65%
UV	1	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	10	9	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.1	0.1	0.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	4	4
Direction of waves offshore

Saturday (27 June 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
Chance of precipitation	10%	30%	50%	50%	60%	70%	60%	50%	20%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	20%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	20%	30%
Temperature (°C)	24°	23°	23°	22°	21°	21°	21°	22°	23°	24°	25°	27°	28°	28°	29°	29°	28°	28°	27°	27°	26°	25°	24°	22°
Feels like temperature (°C)	24°	23°	23°	23°	22°	22°	22°	23°	24°	25°	26°	27°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	28°	27°	27°	26°	25°	24°	23°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WSW 8	W 6	WNW 6	W 5	WNW 5	W 4	SE 4	WSW 3	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SSE 7	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 7
Wind gust (mph)	14	13	12	12	11	11	9	10	11	11	13	15	17	19	19	20	20	19	18	19	18	16	13	14
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	67%	68%	71%	75%	79%	84%	84%	81%	79%	71%	63%	57%	53%	49%	45%	46%	48%	50%	53%	59%	62%	63%	67%	73%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	7	7	7	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	7	7
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Period of waves offshore (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	3	3	2
Direction of waves offshore

Sunday (28 June 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
Chance of precipitation	20%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	20°	20°	20°	21°	22°	23°	23°	24°	25°	25°	25°	25°	24°	24°	23°	23°	21°	20°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)	22°	21°	21°	20°	20°	19°	19°	19°	20°	21°	21°	22°	22°	23°	23°	22°	22°	22°	22°	21°	21°	19°	17°	16°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 7	SW 7	SW 7	WSW 7	SW 8	WSW 8	WSW 9	WSW 9	WSW 10	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	W 11	WNW 11	WNW 10	WNW 10
Wind gust (mph)	15	13	13	13	15	15	18	18	20	23	25	26	26	27	28	27	27	26	25	23	21	20	20	21
Visibility (description)	VG	G	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	73%	78%	78%	79%	81%	80%	77%	75%	73%	67%	65%	60%	53%	47%	51%	50%	50%	50%	48%	52%	50%	46%	43%	43%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	6	7	7	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	10
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3
Direction of waves offshore

Monday (29 June 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
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	18°	17°	16°	15°	14°	14°	14°	15°	17°	18°	19°	20°	21°	22°	23°	23°	24°	24°	23°	23°	22°	21°	20°	19°
Feels like temperature (°C)	15°	15°	14°	13°	13°	12°	13°	14°	15°	17°	18°	18°	19°	20°	21°	22°	22°	23°	22°	21°	20°	19°	18°	17°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	WNW 10	WNW 10	WNW 9	WNW 8	WNW 8	W 7	W 7	W 7	W 7	W 7	W 6	WSW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 10	S 10	SSW 9	SSW 8
Wind gust (mph)	21	21	19	18	17	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	20	19	18	16	15
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	47%	54%	58%	63%	66%	70%	70%	66%	62%	56%	53%	46%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	40%	41%	51%	56%	62%	64%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	7	7	7	7	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	9	9	9	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Direction of waves offshore

Tuesday (30 June 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
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	18°	18°	17°	17°	17°	16°	17°	18°	18°	19°	20°	21°	22°	22°	23°	23°	23°	23°	22°	22°	21°	20°	19°	18°
Feels like temperature (°C)	17°	17°	17°	17°	16°	16°	16°	17°	18°	19°	19°	20°	21°	21°	21°	22°	21°	21°	21°	21°	20°	19°	18°	18°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SSW 7	SSW 6	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	N 7
Wind gust (mph)	12	10	9	10	10	11	12	14	14	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G	VG	VG	G
Humidity	65%	67%	71%	73%	73%	74%	74%	71%	65%	63%	58%	55%	47%	46%	45%	44%	44%	46%	50%	53%	56%	62%	66%	71%
UV	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	3	4	5	7	7	6	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	-	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Direction of waves offshore

Wednesday (1 July 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	<5%	10%	<5%	10%	<5%
Temperature (°C)	18°	17°	16°	17°	21°	23°	24°	23°	21°
Feels like temperature (°C)	17°	17°	15°	16°	20°	22°	23°	22°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SW 8
Wind gust (mph)	13	13	13	15	16	17	17	17	16
Visibility (description)	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G
Humidity	75%	79%	84%	81%	58%	49%	44%	47%	63%
UV	-	-	1	1	5	6	4	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Period of waves offshore (s)	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2
Direction of waves offshore

Thursday (2 July 2026)

Time	01:00	04:00	07:00	10:00	13:00	16:00	19:00	22:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Temperature (°C)	19°	17°	18°	20°	23°	24°	23°	20°
Feels like temperature (°C)	18°	17°	17°	19°	21°	23°	22°	19°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SW 7	WSW 7	W 8	W 9	W 10	WNW 9	NNW 9	NNE 7
Wind gust (mph)	14	16	19	21	22	21	18	15
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	VG	G	G	G
Humidity	74%	80%	77%	64%	51%	44%	45%	62%
UV	-	1	1	5	7	4	1	-
Wind direction and speed (mph)	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Height of waves offshore (m)	0.0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Period of waves offshore (s)	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Direction of waves offshore		–	–	–	–	–	–	–