Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 BST
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Hastings surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hastings sea temperature is
10.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 11AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)1ft (0.3m)4s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)7711711114111111101010103433344444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55255555542222235335716202518
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
N
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35PM
7.88
12:54AM
8.02
1:16PM
7.96
1:35AM
7.96
1:58PM
7.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
-0.03
7:25PM
-0.01
7:47AM
-0.10
8:08PM
0.04
8:30AM
0.04
8:52PM
0.27
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-5:58-------5:56-------5:54------
Sunset-----7:57-------7:58-------8:00--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121011131414121087911121198768910988
Feels °C (?)1078999853248995421224322
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