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 6 pm Saturday 30 Aug 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 18.9° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairlight today?

The current surf forecast for Fairlight at 10PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Aug)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Evening (30 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s

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

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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	10	6	6	4	12	12	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	74	52	67	149	144	118	147	115	135	65	50	27	15	93	152	218	160	0	0	139	121	80	96	61
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:10PM 6.03				4:29AM 5.69				4:51PM 5.57				5:18AM 5.23				5:49PM 5.14				6:33AM 4.89
Low Tide / height (m)				10:55PM 1.73				11:13AM 1.92				11:41PM 2.10				12:04PM 2.28				12:40AM 2.39

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Fairlight (fresh winds from the S at Lydd Airport 19 km from Fairlight). 1.0m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 0.3m 9s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 10 minutes ago Fairlight

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19 km away, 2 h 10 min ago

31 km/h

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18.9

Air / Water (°C)

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