Bracklesham Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.76° N 0.86° W

Bracklesham 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Bracklesham sea temperature is
19.4°C
2.8° 

Bracklesham surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Bracklesham today (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bracklesham at 9AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s

Table - waves today at Bracklesham. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.3
SW
8
0.4
SW
9
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
11
0.6
W
3
0.8
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
1.2
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.6
SW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.5
WSW
6
0.5
SW
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
13
1
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
15
11
8
11
19
16
17
19
7
17
50
88
138
101
46
29
35
18
14
11
17
36
53
60
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
3:00AM4.59m
3:16PM4.48m
3:33AM4.24m
3:49PM4.11m
4:08AM3.87m
4:26PM3.75m
Low Tide
8:49AM0.73m
9:09PM0.89m
9:26AM1.08m
9:49PM1.23m
10:08AM1.45m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:14
7:12
 mm
2
Temp °C
15
14
13
14
17
19
17
16
14
16
16
17
18
20
17
15
14
13
13
14
16
16
17
17
Feels °C
11
11
9
11
14
14
12
12
10
11
10
10
13
14
11
10
10
9
10
11
11
10
11
11
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