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Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
8.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 6PM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.2
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
SE
0.4
SW
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
S
1.1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)812817101010161116154145555518176667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)67383629412826253024232051527239345579200148257485531
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
ENE
5
E
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
35
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
S
50
SSW
50
SW
50
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
5.95
6:48PM
5.74
7:25AM
5.91
8:06PM
5.88
8:37AM
6.14
9:12PM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
1.76
1:28AM
1.91
2:18PM
1.73
2:59AM
1.77
3:41PM
1.41
4:14AM
1.38
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise7:39-------7:37-------7:37-------
Sunset--4:39-------4:42-------4:44-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------112--3111-
Temp. °C788776666677778889998888
Feels °C (?)44544433101100133320-1-3-2-3
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