Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 9PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (29 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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
0.1
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
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)61346677777776666611551313135
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8300284208122664226252523159889244336
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
5.67
9:52PM
5.94
10:17AM
6.13
10:42PM
6.44
11:02AM
6.59
11:23PM
6.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
1.64
4:50AM
1.45
5:14PM
1.18
5:39AM
1.00
5:58PM
0.79
6:19AM
0.64
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-------6:39-------6:35-------6:33
Sunset---7:23-------7:24-------7:27----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C688999877101110876679111313121110
Feels °C (?)21-1-11332034332113691210987
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