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Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 26 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 3PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Afternoon (26 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (26 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
1.1
SE
1.8
SE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)14141334466766651414141313121717131616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2019176154620239341122813074615151311716151111164140
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
E
20
SE
20
SE
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
55
SE
50
SSE
40
S
40
SW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
6.23
4:53AM
6.24
5:29PM
5.89
6:06AM
5.95
6:48PM
5.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
1.28
11:06PM
1.45
11:41AM
1.56
12:08AM
1.75
12:52PM
1.76
1:28AM
1.91
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise7:41-------7:41-------7:39-------
Sunset--4:37-------4:38-------4:40-----
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------1685--1-----------
Temp. °C666787777998877777766666
Feels °C (?)22111-2-3-5-4100211332333221
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