Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 10 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
10.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 12AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Afternoon (11 Apr)--
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
WSW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.6
SE
1
SE
1
SSE
1
S
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)71473454567777766616668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9886354440025835236242744932121016912324463233272713
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SW
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
20
S
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
5.10
5:55AM
4.95
6:51PM
4.90
7:40AM
4.94
8:28PM
5.16
8:59AM
5.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
2.45
12:56PM
2.43
1:37AM
2.49
2:16PM
2.32
2:58AM
2.24
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-----6:11-------6:09-------6:07--
Sunset-7:43-------7:45-------7:45------
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------1------11
Temp. °C981010101011899999991010109998910
Feels °C (?)5364335-2-1000011346677544
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