Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 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 1.2°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: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
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 (?)
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)5512121266666114456666765555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55333333339134113300001451080685549
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
NNW
30
N
20
N
15
NNE
10
E
15
S
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
7.20
12:18PM
7.22
12:35AM
7.38
12:53PM
7.33
1:09AM
7.41
1:26PM
7.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.43
7:10PM
0.41
7:27AM
0.36
7:41PM
0.41
7:57AM
0.42
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:31-------6:30-------6:26----
Sunset-------7:30-------7:31-------7:32
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1211107789888988911111111111110111314
Feels °C (?)1087103554432015565664467
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