Fairlight surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 09 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
10.4° 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 1AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (10 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.9
W
0.1
W
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.7
SE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
S
1.5
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
0.5
W
Period(s) (?)1141166677714744555677777616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2021922171799881238545400361415596429303167122
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
15
NNW
0
NE
15
S
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SW
35
W
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
5.53
4:45AM
5.32
5:18PM
5.10
5:55AM
4.95
6:51PM
4.90
7:40AM
4.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:15PM
2.18
11:46AM
2.27
12:19AM
2.45
12:56PM
2.43
1:37AM
2.49
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset-7:42-------7:43-------7:45------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161187666788910101011810999991010
Feels °C (?)1230-1-2143434433501-1-1-10233
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