Bracklesham surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 16 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
7.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bracklesham today?

The current surf forecast for Bracklesham at 3PM is: 0.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)2ft (0.6m)16s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
0.6
SW
1.2
SSW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.2
WSW
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)16161616161616151514141413131312554411444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21173315764196287715158146140164149878479374438241111578
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononononononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
3.92
10:30PM
3.97
10:42AM
4.16
11:08PM
4.23
11:19AM
4.39
11:43PM
4.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:48PM
1.15
4:06AM
1.22
4:30PM
0.92
4:47AM
1.03
5:09PM
0.71
5:26AM
0.87
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise7:58-------7:56-------7:56-------
Sunset--4:27-------4:29-------4:30-----
clear
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-11111----------------
Temp. °C99910109999999988999991010109
Feels °C (?)433443356575544544556664
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