Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 17 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 2AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
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
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)121277777111111111111111071010444443
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3366555511555224122131610667
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
20
W
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
7.85
12:35PM
7.88
12:54AM
8.02
1:16PM
7.96
1:35AM
7.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43PM
0.14
7:05AM
-0.03
7:25PM
-0.01
7:47AM
-0.10
8:08PM
0.04
8:30AM
0.04
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----5:58-------5:56-------5:54--
Sunset-7:54-------7:57-------7:58------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313131110111314141210878111110987689
Feels °C (?)910111086789986324887432122
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