Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 11PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)--
Afternoon (28 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s
Evening (28 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)6s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
1.2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.1
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)666777613466777777666661514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10713159943002752081226642262523151514844
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
5.50
8:20AM
5.67
8:52PM
5.94
9:17AM
6.13
9:42PM
6.44
10:02AM
6.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
2.02
2:45AM
1.92
3:18PM
1.64
3:50AM
1.45
4:14PM
1.18
4:39AM
1.00
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----5:41-------5:39-------5:35--
Sunset-6:22-------6:23-------6:24------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---------1-------------
Temp. °C1086555588989878111111986689
Feels °C (?)21-2-1-1011-1003221445431145
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