Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 13 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
8.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 3PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (13 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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 (?)
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.3
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)45115444411111114355555666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)226993392113955554757496190982162472551324828
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
N
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
30
S
40
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
40
SSE
50
SSE
50
SW
35
WSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
5.31
7:16PM
5.15
7:45AM
5.32
8:19PM
5.28
8:43AM
5.50
9:12PM
5.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
2.25
1:22AM
2.37
2:06PM
2.26
2:39AM
2.32
3:20PM
2.08
3:49AM
2.08
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise7:54-------7:54-------7:54-------
Sunset--4:15-------4:17-------4:19-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1211242------1---2634---
Temp. °C10101010107655679101098889910968
Feels °C (?)434462122335423111110-2-20
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