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Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 12 Jan 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
8.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 2PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (12 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)6666555555666661110101110101044
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222159131896558423252105182119722912111011221110111116
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
5.20
6:38AM
5.31
7:16PM
5.15
7:45AM
5.32
8:19PM
5.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
2.07
12:18AM
2.24
12:55PM
2.25
1:22AM
2.37
2:06PM
2.26
2:39AM
2.32
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise7:56-------7:54-------7:54-------
Sunset--4:15-------4:15-------4:17-----
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1------112211----------
Temp. °C11111110101010101010910865445667899
Feels °C (?)555555555326420002222444
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