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

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Heavy showers changing to clear by nighttime.
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Large, powerful waves
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    7 day forecast for Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock (Beach)

    Today (1 September 2025)
    Time
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower day Heavy shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Light shower day Partly cloudy night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    80%
    80%
    80%
    50%
    50%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    17
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    29
    31
    30
    26
    23
    21
    21
    21
    21
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    72%
    73%
    73%
    72%
    73%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    UV 3 3 2 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    17
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    16
    17
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (2 September 2025)
    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 Cloudy Light shower night Light rain Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy shower day Light shower day 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 Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    30%
    40%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    70%
    80%
    ≥95%
    80%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    18
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    19
    S
    20
    S
    21
    SSE
    22
    S
    21
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    21
    SW
    20
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    18
    SW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    21
    21
    22
    23
    26
    26
    26
    29
    30
    30
    30
    29
    30
    31
    32
    31
    30
    30
    25
    24
    23
    22
    23
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    76%
    76%
    78%
    79%
    83%
    86%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    83%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    18
    17
    17
    17
    18
    19
    19
    20
    21
    22
    21
    20
    20
    21
    21
    21
    21
    21
    20
    19
    18
    17
    17
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.3
    1.4
    1.5
    1.6
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (3 September 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light rain Heavy rain Heavy shower night Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    80%
    80%
    60%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    18°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    26
    SW
    27
    SW
    26
    SW
    23
    WSW
    23
    WSW
    22
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    28
    28
    37
    38
    41
    36
    30
    26
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    86%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    80%
    78%
    75%
    76%
    UV - - - 1 2 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    19
    23
    26
    26
    27
    24
    23
    22
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    2.2
    2.5
    2.4
    2.3
    2.3
    1.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    7
    8
    8
    9
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (4 September 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    50%
    40%
    20%
    60%
    60%
    40%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    14°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    21
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    21
    W
    21
    W
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    26
    24
    25
    30
    32
    31
    23
    19
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    76%
    78%
    77%
    75%
    70%
    72%
    68%
    73%
    UV - - 1 3 5 3 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    21
    21
    20
    20
    20
    21
    21
    20
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.4
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.9
    0.9
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    6
    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 Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    14°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    18
    W
    16
    WSW
    15
    WSW
    14
    SW
    15
    SW
    17
    SW
    15
    SSW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    17
    18
    21
    25
    23
    18
    16
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    74%
    74%
    75%
    74%
    74%
    77%
    78%
    79%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    17
    15
    14
    15
    16
    15
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    4
    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 Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    14°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    12
    S
    12
    S
    14
    S
    16
    S
    17
    S
    16
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    12
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    18
    21
    23
    23
    21
    17
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    83%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    90%
    88%
    89%
    91%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    12
    13
    16
    17
    16
    14
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    6
    4
    4
    5
    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 Overcast Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    30%
    40%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    17°
    17°
    16°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    14°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    15°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    12
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    15
    S
    16
    S
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    17
    19
    21
    18
    17
    14
    12
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    93%
    94%
    95%
    95%
    95%
    93%
    95%
    95%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Monday 1 September

    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 1 September

    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 1 September

    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 1 September

    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 2 September

    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 2 September

    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 2 September

    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 2 September

    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 3 September

    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 3 September

    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 3 September

    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 3 September

    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 4 September

    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 4 September

    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 4 September

    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 4 September

    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 5 September

    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 5 September

    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 5 September

    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 5 September

    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 6 September

    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 6 September

    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 6 September

    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 6 September

    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 7 September

    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 7 September

    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 7 September

    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 7 September

    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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    South West England weather forecast

    Headline:

    An unsettled start to Autumn.

    Today:

    A wet start in places on Monday, with an organised band of showers across Devon and Cornwall. These tending to break up throughout the day, with a risk of thunder and hail. Remaining blustery with strongest winds around coastal areas. Maximum temperature 19 °C.

    Tonight:

    Showers easing overnight with clear spells developing across the region. Cloud then thickens form the west with persistent heavy rain moving into Cornwall by dawn where it turns windier. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

    Tuesday:

    Band of heavy rain will continue to move eastwards across the region through the morning. By the afternoon rain clears with the odd shower behind along with some sunny spells. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

    Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:

    Remaining unsettled throughout with further spells of rain and showers. The rain will be heavy at times, but some drier and sunnier interludes will develop. Temperatures around average.

    Updated:

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