Bracklesham surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 GMT
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Bracklesham surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bracklesham sea temperature is
7.3° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bracklesham today?

The current surf forecast for Bracklesham at 6PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
0.8
WSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.6
SW
1.6
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)11116661111111111111313456666196181716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)280154134121137583056402929462842531511276162229212300362216
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
30
SSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
S
35
S
40
SSW
40
SSE
35
SSE
45
WNW
20
SW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
3.50
7:35PM
3.32
8:09AM
3.52
8:54PM
3.47
9:14AM
3.69
9:48PM
3.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
1.60
1:28AM
1.65
2:06PM
1.52
2:27AM
1.57
3:00PM
1.36
3:19AM
1.41
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise8:00-------8:00-------7:58-------
Sunset--4:22-------4:23-------4:25-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
252-11------11--15556--1
Temp. °C10101010966556791089999999578
Feels °C (?)645550222235423232012-620
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