Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 BST
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Fairlight surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairlight sea temperature is
9.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 7AM is: 0.1m 13s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s
Evening (01 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)5s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)7131313125125121212121212111111111144566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)433332333333333222223451192140
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
W
25
NNW
25
N
15
NNE
5
ENE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
6.87
11:42AM
6.96
12:00AM
7.20
12:18PM
7.22
12:35AM
7.38
12:53PM
7.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
0.64
6:36PM
0.53
6:55AM
0.43
7:10PM
0.41
7:27AM
0.36
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:30----
Sunset-------7:29-------7:30-------7:31
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1---------1--
Temp. °C1413121110101111111110879988889991011
Feels °C (?)1211108879107763156443232135
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