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Hastings surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 24 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
8.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hastings today?

The current surf forecast for Hastings at 1AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (25 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (25 Jan)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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 (?)
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.7
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)6566655554416161514141312455666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126135208201123654740371112393836201976125188173263215
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
15
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SSE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
6.90
3:05AM
6.94
3:28PM
6.60
3:54AM
6.61
4:22PM
6.23
4:53AM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.84
9:59AM
1.02
10:16PM
1.13
10:45AM
1.28
11:06PM
1.45
11:41AM
1.56
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------7:43-------7:41-------7:41-
Sunset4:34-------4:36-------4:37-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---111--------------2333
Temp. °C988788888777655676777777
Feels °C (?)2-1-2-12222323321023110-2-3-3-2
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