Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 11 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 11AM is: 0.8m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
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
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
0.5
W
0.8
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)4455677777666166788888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2929250028837545247833121716910712247293528181313131312
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SW
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:55AM
4.95
6:51PM
4.90
7:40AM
4.94
8:28PM
5.16
8:59AM
5.33
9:29PM
5.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
2.43
1:37AM
2.49
2:16PM
2.32
2:58AM
2.24
3:30PM
1.95
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-6:11-------6:09-------6:07------
Sunset-----7:45-------7:45-------7:47--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1-------1----
Temp. °C1011118109999991010109988889999
Feels °C (?)355010-1-10113466656545666
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