Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 10 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
9.0° 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 5PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)3s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
WSW
0.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)8810734677766774667778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6685954200289149107110806256003985596628441033111712061351
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
60
SSW
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:11PM
5.89
3:31AM
5.71
3:54PM
5.37
4:20AM
5.20
4:57PM
4.91
5:43AM
4.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
1.58
9:51PM
1.80
10:16AM
2.00
10:37PM
2.23
11:10AM
2.38
11:41PM
2.56
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise6:22-------6:20-------6:18-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:53-------5:55-----
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
------32--------------17
Temp. °C1010101010109118911988988910101111118
Feels °C (?)866642051243232-1-2-1-1-10-1-10
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