Camber Sands surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.3°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 12PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (20 Feb)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (20 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
W
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)889456788756666666777665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4326652312940240632723215795138123165176209303331471428303207131115
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
7.74
1:19AM
7.86
1:37PM
7.68
1:58AM
7.72
2:18PM
7.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.11
7:59PM
0.08
8:19AM
0.17
8:35PM
0.26
8:57AM
0.40
9:14PM
0.58
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--7:00-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:21-------5:22-------5:23---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1--------2--1------
Temp. °C577991010888101010111110101011111110109
Feels °C (?)032211311243455333555553
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