Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 16 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 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 12PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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 (?)
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.1
W
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)444118151414141343121267712111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1015173021212020197764276652625405555
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
7.12
11:35PM
7.47
11:55AM
7.59
12:14AM
7.85
12:35PM
7.88
12:54AM
8.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.66
6:01PM
0.46
6:24AM
0.23
6:43PM
0.14
7:05AM
-0.03
7:25PM
-0.01
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:01-------6:00-------5:58------
Sunset-----7:52-------7:54-------7:57--
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111011111212121213111212131313121211111314141211
Feels °C (?)656689991088791010999889986
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