Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 11 Apr 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)--
Afternoon (11 Apr)--
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)6677766661577788838888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)02953523634103022101499679413632262617013616116115
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
4.90
7:40AM
4.94
8:28PM
5.16
8:59AM
5.33
9:29PM
5.70
9:51AM
5.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
2.49
2:16PM
2.32
2:58AM
2.24
3:30PM
1.95
4:04AM
1.75
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:07-------6:05--
Sunset-7:45-------7:45-------7:47------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1099999101010109988910101099991010
Feels °C (?)100001233556567756665565
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