Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 29 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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 2PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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
0.2
WSW
0.8
SE
1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
1.5
SSE
1.4
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)161615445555518175565555516151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2625232138598790441548761201131711235964675538363421
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSE
45
SE
45
SSE
55
SSW
45
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
5.91
8:06PM
5.88
8:37AM
6.14
9:12PM
6.24
9:38AM
6.51
10:08PM
6.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
1.73
2:59AM
1.77
3:41PM
1.41
4:14AM
1.38
4:44PM
0.96
5:11AM
0.92
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise7:37-------7:37-------7:35-------
Sunset--4:43-------4:44-------4:45-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------1321-3111---------
Temp. °C667887889999988889999888
Feels °C (?)00111-103322-1-1-3-2-203233222
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