Bracklesham surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bracklesham today?

The current surf forecast for Bracklesham at 11PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
0.4
WSW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)512611111110101010101010109995677745
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66533146181816253535353433231464458318214782572939
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
45
SW
30
W
25
WSW
30
SW
15
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
4.07
10:54AM
4.30
11:10PM
4.39
11:34AM
4.60
11:48PM
4.65
12:09PM
4.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
1.29
4:19AM
0.97
4:44PM
1.02
5:02AM
0.71
5:23PM
0.77
5:38AM
0.50
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:45-------6:47--
Sunset-7:12-------7:08-------7:07------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------1212
Temp. °C181817171717171820201818171717181916141415151515
Feels °C (?)14151516171716161819171716161514139899131414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bracklesham (calm at Chichester 4 km from Bracklesham). 0.8m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 58 min ago

5 km/h
SW
Clean
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