Bracklesham surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 12AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (14 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
0
1
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 (?)
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SSW
1.7
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)6661111111111111345566677181817171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12311916758307641293318726277012888190453483128121119546211206
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSW
20
SW
20
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
45
S
35
S
40
S
25
W
30
W
20
WSW
25
S
30
SSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
3.32
8:09AM
3.52
8:54PM
3.47
9:14AM
3.69
9:48PM
3.71
10:02AM
3.92
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
Sunrise------8:00-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset4:22-------4:23-------4:25-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
3211------2---29541---11
Temp. °C101096666691097999999967999
Feels °C (?)5551232265411330204-22323
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