Camber Sands Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.93° N 0.80° E)

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Camber Sands surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST

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

Today's Camber Sands sea temperature is 17.9° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Camber Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Camber Sands at 11AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	1 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	WSW	S	S	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	11	6	11	7	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	4	4	4	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	110	90	67	80	56	27	26	23	10	11	10	9	9	8	17	18	18	17	41	16	21	17	14	120
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S	SW	E	N	NNW	ENE	SW	S	S	SSE	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:20AM 5.68				9:49PM 5.90					10:16AM 6.15				10:38PM 6.35				11:01AM 6.62				11:20PM 6.77
Low Tide / height (m)	3:53AM 1.93					4:28PM 1.77				4:57AM 1.47				5:23PM 1.29				5:44AM 1.03				6:06PM 0.88

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	18	20	23	24	24	22	21	21	19	18	18	20	20	15
Feels °C (?)	15	13	14	14	15	17	17	17	18	16	15	17	20	22	22	20	19	20	17	16	15	18	13	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Camber Sands (fresh winds from the SW at Lydd Airport 9 km from Camber Sands). 1.4m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.3m 12s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 19 min ago

30 km/h

Cross-On

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