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Southwold - The Pier (Beach) (Suffolk) 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.

Waves

Risk of rip currents

Rip currents can occur on any beach but this beach has a greater risk of rips. Take care in the water.

What to do if you get caught in a rip (RNLI)



Forecast days

Clear.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

Tide: Next low tide (1.1m) at

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    7 day forecast for Southwold - The Pier (Beach)

    Today (31 August 2025)
    Time
    23:00
    Weather symbols Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    Temperature
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    Wind direction and speed
    SSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    Visibility
    E
    Humidity
    74%
    UV -
    Wind direction and speed
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (1 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 Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    30%
    30%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    <5%
    10%
    50%
    60%
    80%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    16°
    18°
    19°
    20°
    20°
    20°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    16°
    16°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    14
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    17
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    24
    S
    24
    S
    25
    SSW
    25
    SSW
    24
    SSW
    23
    SSW
    21
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    Wind gust (mph)
    22
    19
    19
    18
    17
    19
    22
    26
    30
    32
    34
    35
    36
    37
    37
    36
    34
    31
    28
    25
    24
    24
    23
    22
    Visibility (description)
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    Humidity
    75%
    76%
    76%
    77%
    77%
    77%
    76%
    75%
    75%
    73%
    72%
    72%
    74%
    73%
    75%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    73%
    72%
    72%
    72%
    73%
    75%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    18
    15
    14
    14
    13
    13
    15
    17
    18
    21
    23
    24
    24
    25
    25
    24
    23
    21
    20
    18
    17
    17
    16
    15
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    0.8
    0.9
    1.1
    1.2
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (2 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 Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny intervals Light shower day Light rain Heavy shower night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    40%
    60%
    60%
    80%
    40%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    SW
    12
    SW
    12
    SSW
    14
    S
    22
    S
    22
    S
    21
    SSW
    19
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    20
    19
    22
    29
    32
    30
    26
    25
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    77%
    84%
    84%
    68%
    71%
    73%
    78%
    81%
    UV - - - 1 4 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    14
    13
    12
    12
    14
    22
    22
    21
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    1.2
    1.3
    1.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (3 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 Cloudy Light shower day Light shower day Light shower day Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    30%
    50%
    60%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    16°
    15°
    15°
    17°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SSW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SSW
    22
    SSW
    24
    SSW
    25
    SSW
    23
    SW
    22
    Wind gust (mph)
    20
    22
    27
    31
    31
    33
    33
    28
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    86%
    86%
    83%
    84%
    81%
    79%
    79%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    15
    16
    22
    24
    25
    23
    22
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    0.9
    1.2
    1.8
    0.9
    1.5
    1.7
    1.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    5
    6
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    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 Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Light shower day Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    30%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    14°
    17°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    11°
    11°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    20
    SW
    18
    SW
    18
    SW
    19
    SW
    21
    SW
    20
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    22
    22
    31
    32
    26
    19
    18
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    81%
    83%
    83%
    73%
    62%
    61%
    66%
    75%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    20
    18
    18
    19
    21
    20
    17
    17
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.7
    1.3
    1.0
    0.7
    1.5
    1.2
    0.9
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    6
    7
    6
    7
    7
    7
    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 intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    14°
    13°
    12°
    16°
    19°
    19°
    17°
    16°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    10°
    13°
    15°
    16°
    15°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    16
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    17
    WSW
    16
    SW
    14
    SW
    13
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    21
    21
    22
    23
    20
    16
    17
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    78%
    83%
    84%
    76%
    64%
    62%
    71%
    78%
    UV - - 1 3 5 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    16
    16
    17
    17
    16
    14
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    0.9
    0.7
    0.5
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    1.0
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    7
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    7
    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 Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    14°
    14°
    18°
    19°
    19°
    18°
    17°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    12°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    13
    SW
    13
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    18
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    20
    SSW
    19
    SSW
    17
    Wind gust (mph)
    16
    18
    21
    25
    26
    25
    23
    21
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    82%
    85%
    86%
    83%
    79%
    79%
    83%
    86%
    UV - - 1 3 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    7
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 31 August

    Tide times and heights are from Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 31 August

    Tide times and heights are from Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 31 August

    Tide times and heights are from Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 31 August

    Tide times and heights are from Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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 Southwold tidal station which is 1.2 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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    East of England weather forecast

    Headline:

    Remaining unsettled with further showers on Monday.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    Showers easing and dying away through the evening. Then generally dry overnight, with some clear spells developing in the early hours. Blustery winds expected at times, especially along the coast. Minimum temperature 12 °C.

    Monday:

    More sunshine and showers developing, some being heavy once again. Winds strengthen again through the morning and into the afternoon before dying into the late evening. Temperatures near average. Maximum temperature 22 °C.

    Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

    The unsettled theme continues through the outlook, with further showers and longer spells of rain interspersed with drier periods. Breezy at times.

    Updated:

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