Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 4AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.5
WSW
1.3
NE
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)613141313138887776131312512121111121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)864773466764323300232131210175121433282853526251113616
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
NNE
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
25
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
10
W
5
W
10
NE
10
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NNE
40
NNE
35
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
4.89
6:49AM
4.96
7:37PM
4.89
8:11AM
5.09
8:47PM
5.18
9:10AM
5.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:21AM
2.53
1:08PM
2.53
1:49AM
2.61
2:43PM
2.40
3:21AM
2.34
3:56PM
1.98
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----7:16-------7:13-------7:11---
Sunset------5:07-------5:08-------5:10-
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
321---1-----------------
Temp. °C9998810998877787655433465
Feels °C (?)555445122554430-2-4-4-6-6-5-400
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