Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 06 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
9.9° 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 7PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s
Evening (06 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)91088888444171716111511109999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19186666610131429282524211198887777
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
E
20
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
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
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:31PM
6.83
2:46AM
6.69
3:04PM
6.45
3:20AM
6.26
3:39PM
6.00
3:58AM
5.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
0.85
9:12PM
1.05
9:29AM
1.19
9:46PM
1.41
10:06AM
1.57
10:26PM
1.81
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------6:20-------6:18-------6:16
Sunset---7:37-------7:37-------7:39----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C89101012111089131516161413121213161717161615
Feels °C (?)456576533810121210108810141515151513
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