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Christchurch Bay (Barton-on-Sea) (Beach) (Hampshire) weather

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.



Forecast days

Heavy rain changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime.
Beach safety today
Large, powerful waves and strong wind
  • • only experts should take part in water activities

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    7 day forecast for Christchurch Bay (Barton-on-Sea) (Beach)

    Today (2 September 2025)
    Time
    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 Light shower night Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light shower day 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
    20%
    50%
    60%
    90%
    ≥95%
    90%
    90%
    80%
    60%
    50%
    30%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    SSW
    18
    S
    18
    S
    19
    SSE
    21
    SSE
    22
    SSE
    21
    S
    19
    S
    18
    SSW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    SW
    20
    WSW
    20
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    18
    WSW
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    21
    23
    23
    26
    28
    28
    25
    23
    23
    22
    24
    26
    27
    25
    25
    25
    23
    23
    23
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    VG
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    75%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    88%
    86%
    85%
    86%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    84%
    83%
    84%
    82%
    81%
    82%
    UV - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    17
    17
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    21
    19
    18
    18
    19
    19
    20
    20
    20
    19
    18
    18
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.1
    1.3
    1.6
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    12
    12
    12
    11
    11
    6
    6
    6
    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
    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 Cloudy Light rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Light rain Light rain Light 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 Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    60%
    80%
    ≥95%
    90%
    70%
    80%
    90%
    80%
    80%
    70%
    50%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    30%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    19
    SW
    19
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    23
    S
    27
    SSW
    30
    SSW
    32
    SSW
    32
    SSW
    32
    SSW
    31
    SSW
    30
    SW
    29
    SW
    28
    SW
    28
    SW
    29
    SW
    30
    SW
    29
    WSW
    29
    WSW
    29
    WSW
    28
    WSW
    27
    WSW
    26
    WSW
    25
    WSW
    24
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    24
    24
    26
    34
    43
    45
    45
    44
    42
    42
    39
    39
    38
    41
    41
    43
    42
    38
    35
    32
    30
    29
    29
    Visibility (description)
    E
    VG
    VG
    M
    M
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    83%
    84%
    85%
    87%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    86%
    85%
    84%
    83%
    81%
    79%
    77%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    75%
    75%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 5 5 4 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    19
    19
    20
    23
    26
    29
    31
    31
    31
    30
    29
    28
    27
    28
    28
    29
    28
    28
    28
    27
    26
    25
    24
    23
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    1.6
    1.9
    2.0
    2.1
    2.3
    2.4
    2.5
    2.5
    2.6
    2.5
    2.4
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.4
    2.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    8
    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 Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    40%
    80%
    90%
    50%
    50%
    70%
    60%
    30%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    23
    SW
    22
    WSW
    22
    W
    19
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    19
    WSW
    19
    W
    16
    W
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    28
    28
    24
    25
    29
    31
    29
    21
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    E
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    70%
    71%
    72%
    75%
    UV - - - 1 4 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    22
    21
    21
    18
    17
    19
    20
    16
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    2.3
    2.1
    2.3
    2.2
    2.1
    1.8
    1.5
    1.4
    1.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    11
    11
    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°
    12°
    17°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    10°
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    11
    W
    11
    W
    9
    WSW
    9
    SW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    10
    SSW
    8
    Wind gust (mph)
    15
    14
    12
    18
    22
    21
    12
    11
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    76%
    78%
    81%
    76%
    66%
    69%
    67%
    69%
    UV - - 1 4 6 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    11
    10
    8
    9
    13
    14
    10
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    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 Partly cloudy night
    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)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSE
    10
    SE
    13
    SSE
    14
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    16
    SSE
    16
    SE
    16
    SE
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    17
    20
    22
    23
    22
    21
    22
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    73%
    77%
    78%
    79%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    13
    14
    16
    16
    15
    15
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.4
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    9
    6
    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 Cloudy Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    18°
    18°
    17°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    15°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    14
    SSW
    14
    SSE
    15
    SSE
    17
    SSE
    17
    S
    15
    S
    15
    SSW
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    23
    21
    19
    19
    18
    17
    18
    17
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    85%
    89%
    91%
    93%
    92%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    UV - - 1 2 4 1 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    14
    15
    16
    17
    15
    15
    14
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.6
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    5
    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%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    14°
    13°
    12°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    13
    SW
    13
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    16
    SW
    19
    SW
    20
    SW
    19
    SW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    18
    18
    19
    22
    23
    23
    22
    Visibility (description)
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    90%
    87%
    86%
    86%
    81%
    77%
    78%
    79%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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 4.3 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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    Unsettled and often wet. A drier end to the week.

    Today:

    Sunny spells and showers at first, however these will soon be replaced by more extensive cloud, heavier showers and a risk of thunder during the afternoon. Breezy along coasts. Maximum temperature 20 °C.

    Tonight:

    Showers will soon fade to give a mostly fine and dry evening. It'll stay rather cloudy though, with prolonged rain, occasionally heavy, spreading east before dawn. Windy, especially along coasts. Minimum temperature 14 °C.

    Wednesday:

    Windy with rain, heavy at times, spreading northeast early in the morning. Rain clearing to sunny spells and heavy, blustery and likely thundery showers in the afternoon. Gales over coasts. Maximum temperature 21 °C.

    Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:

    Sunny spells and showers on Thursday, occasionally heavy. Drier, less windy on Friday, with bright or sunny intervals. A fine day on Saturday, with plenty of sunshine though breezy later.

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