Fairlight Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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 18.2° 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 6AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	11	11	11	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1318	1010	602	435	348	280	210	180	107	63	3	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				6:29AM 5.39					7:15PM 5.33				8:07AM 5.29				8:47PM 5.44				9:25AM 5.61
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 1.98					1:29PM 2.19				2:19AM 2.14				3:05PM 2.16				3:47AM 1.91					4:23PM 1.79

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	15	15	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	18
Feels °C (?)	7	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Fairlight (fresh winds from the WSW at Lydd Airport 19 km from Fairlight). A 2.7m swell from the WSW
1 hour 28 minutes ago Fairlight

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19 km away, 1 h 28 min ago

33 km/h

WSW

0.0

18.2

Air / Water (°C)

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