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Hurst Spit

Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Hurst Spit 1 photo

  • The Shingle Spit at Hurst Beach. This high shingle bank runs for some 2 or 3 kilometres from the mainland out to Hurst Castle. There is some salt marsh and a shallow harbour behind the spit which has

    The Shingle Spit at Hurst Beach. This high shingle bank runs for some 2 or 3 kilometres from the mainland out to Hurst Castle. There is some salt marsh and a shallow harbour behind the spit which has . Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 8 am to 11 am, sunset 5:58 pm
8 am
1.4
21 km/h13 mph wind, Poor
9 am
1.3
24 km/h15 mph wind, Poor
10 am
1.1
31 km/h19 mph wind, Poor
11 am
0.9
35 km/h22 mph wind, Poor
12 pm
0.9
56 km/h35 mph wind, Poor
1 pm
0.9
61 km/h38 mph wind, Poor
2 pm
0.9
60 km/h37 mph wind, Poor
3 pm
0.9
58 km/h36 mph wind, Poor
4 pm
1.0
57 km/h35 mph wind, Poor
5 pm
1.3
54 km/h34 mph wind, Poor

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
14°C57°F
Water
16°C60°F
Wind
4427 km/hmph SE
Gusts
6339 km/hmph
Waves
2.4 m8 ft
UV
0 low
Tide
rising
Rain
100%
Sunset
5:58 pm
Today
1.4Poor8 am2113
1.3Poor9 am2415
1.1Poor10 am3119
0.9Poor11 am3522
0.9Poor12 pm5635
0.9Poor1 pm6138
0.9Poor2 pm6037
0.9Poor3 pm5836
1.0Poor4 pm5735
1.3Poor5 pm5434
Sat
3.0Poor8 am3220
2.6Poor9 am3119
2.2Poor10 am3321
1.5Poor11 am3623
0.7Poor12 pm4930
0.9Poor1 pm4729
0.6Poor2 pm5031
0.7Poor3 pm5735
0.6Poor4 pm5735
0.4Poor5 pm6138
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 7 am, 0.5 m. Low at 2 pm, -0.9 m. High at 8 pm, -<0.1 m. Low at 2 am, -1.3 mHigh 7 am, 0.5 m2 ftLow 2 pm, -0.9 m3 ftHigh 8 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ftLow 2 am, -1.3 m4 ftNow12 pm6 pm12 am6 am
  • High 7 am, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 2 pm, -0.9 m3 ft
  • High 8 pm, -<0.1 m<1 ft
  • Low 2 am, -1.3 m4 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun5.1 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 31 km/h19 mph, rain 2%
  • Mon3.4 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 81%
  • Tue3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 33 km/h21 mph, rain 39%
  • Wed6.9 GoodBest 2 pm to 5 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 2%
  • Thu4.9 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 29 km/h18 mph, rain 1%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Hurst Spit

From Wikipedia

Hurst Spit is a one-mile-long (1.6 km) shingle bank near the village of Keyhaven, at the western end of the Solent, on the south coast of England. The spit shelters an area of saltmarsh and mudflats known as Keyhaven and Pennington marshes. At the end of the spit is Hurst Castle, an artillery fortress originally built on the orders of King Henry VIII, and much enlarged in the 19th century. Hurst Point Lighthouse was built on the end of Hurst Spit in the 1860s.

Source: Hurst Spit on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • SurfacePebbles

Getting there

Nearest town
1.2 km0.8 miKeyhaven (village)
Nearest airport
21 km13 miBournemouth Airport (BOH)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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