Camber Sands surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 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
8.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 2AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)5ft (1.5m)5s
Afternoon (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.7
SE
1.2
SE
1.5
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.3
SSE
1
S
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)98445666665769914138764677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1514145911518823528625810753616213277714452635629200381440
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
35
SE
30
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
25
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
7.20
11:45AM
7.33
12:05AM
7.57
12:22PM
7.61
12:41AM
7.81
12:59PM
7.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
0.51
6:30AM
0.46
6:47PM
0.21
7:07AM
0.20
7:23PM
0.06
7:43AM
0.11
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:03-------7:01-------7:00---
Sunset------5:16-------5:19-------5:21-
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---1---381-----------1--
Temp. °C45534555778889876567991010
Feels °C (?)-1-1-2-6-5-5-5-6-115666420-2012132
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