Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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 2PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)1515614131377131312565121212121212111166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)988444453333333333332233
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
W
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNE
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
25
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:02AM
6.59
11:23PM
6.87
11:42AM
6.96
12:00AM
7.20
12:18PM
7.22
12:35AM
7.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.00
5:58PM
0.79
6:19AM
0.64
6:36PM
0.53
6:55AM
0.43
7:10PM
0.41
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:35-------6:33-------6:31------
Sunset-----7:27-------7:29-------7:30--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C888101313121212111012111111111010788876
Feels °C (?)44581212101198810888876223333
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