Portsmouth Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Portsmouth Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 06:33 AM and sunset is at 07:01 PM.

Days 1–3 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Fri night. Icy conditions (max 9°C on Fri afternoon, min 0°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Days 4–6 Weather Summary

A light covering of new snow, mostly falling on Sun morning. Becoming milder with light rain (total 2mm) on Sun night. Icy conditions (max 16°C on Mon afternoon, min -5°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 7–9 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 7°C on Fri afternoon, min -5°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNE on Thu night, calm by Fri night).

Days 10–12 Weather Summary

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 10°C on Sun afternoon, min -1°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
AM
PM
night
Wave Height Map
High Tide
10:19AM2.65m
10:50PM2.58m
11:09AM2.76m
11:35PM2.77m
11:59AM2.83m
00:20AM2.92m
12:49PM2.84m
1:06AM3.00m
1:39PM2.80m
1:53AM3.01m
2:30PM2.69m
2:42AM2.94m
3:25PM2.55m
3:36AM2.81m
4:26PM2.39m
4:38AM2.65m
5:32PM2.26m
5:45AM2.51m
6:41PM2.18m
6:55AM2.41m
7:51PM2.16m
8:07AM2.37m
8:55PM2.21m
Low Tide
4:30PM-0.12m
4:50AM-0.13m
5:16PM-0.24m
5:40AM-0.31m
6:01PM-0.30m
6:29AM-0.43m
6:48PM-0.31m
7:19AM-0.49m
7:35PM-0.26m
8:10AM-0.47m
8:23PM-0.15m
9:03AM-0.37m
9:16PM0.01m
10:01AM-0.22m
10:15PM0.17m
11:05AM-0.06m
11:20PM0.31m
12:13PM0.07m
00:30AM0.40m
1:24PM0.15m
1:43AM0.41m
2:31PM0.17m
2:51AM0.36m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
0.6
SE
8
0.6
ESE
8
0.5
ESE
7
0.6
ESE
8
0.3
ESE
8
0.2
ESE
8
0.9
ENE
4
1
ENE
6
0.9
E
6
0.8
E
5
0.8
E
5
0.7
E
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
SSE
7
0.6
SE
8
1.1
NE
6
1.1
NE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.6
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
1.8
ESE
6
3.5
ESE
8
3.5
ESE
11
2.3
ESE
10
1.7
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.8
ESE
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
9
0.7
W
3
0.7
WNW
3
0.5
WNW
3
0.4
WNW
3
0.2
ESE
8
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light snow
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
light rain
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
cloudy
some clouds
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
some clouds
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
some clouds
cloudy
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
 km/h
20
NW
20
NW
15
SW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
ENE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
5
ENE
20
SSW
15
W
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
E
10
SE
15
SE
30
E
40
ENE
40
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
5
WSW
15
S
10
SW
10
NW
15
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
5
N
 mm 
1.0
1.0
1.0
24
15
5
5
max°C
4
7
6
5
9
8
2
0
0
0
0
3
13
16
8
0
3
-3
-2
-2
1
3
4
4
6
7
4
4
8
8
8
10
5
2
6
4
Moonrise
5:44
6:07
6:29
6:53
7:20
7:53
8:35
9:28
10:31
11:40
12:51
2:01
Moonset
5:02
6:22
7:42
9:05
10:30
11:52
1:08
2:12
3:02
3:41
4:10
Sunrise
6:33
6:31
6:31
6:28
6:26
6:24
6:24
6:22
6:20
6:18
6:16
6:15
Sunset
7:01
7:04
7:05
7:06
7:07
7:07
7:08
7:10
7:12
7:13
7:14
7:15
Today's sea temperature in Portsmouth is 3.8 °C (Statistics for 27 Mar 1981-2005 – mean: 3.7 max: 4.8 min: 2.4°C)
Issued (local time): 7 am Thursday 27 Mar 2025
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