Camber Sands surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 11 Jan 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
8.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Camber Sands today?

The current surf forecast for Camber Sands at 5AM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
0.6
S
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)7887666655555556665610101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)886115676231322319511279716237416875113154159195211010101110
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
55
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
5.58
6:06PM
5.30
6:38AM
5.41
7:16PM
5.26
7:44AM
5.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.99
11:58AM
2.08
12:18AM
2.26
12:56PM
2.27
1:24AM
2.41
2:11PM
2.30
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----7:54-------7:54-------7:54---
Sunset------4:14-------4:15-------4:16-
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
12---11-----12-1241-----
Temp. °C7810111010101091010109101010106644565
Feels °C (?)-4-32444555666433330101232
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