Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 BST
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Littlehampton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
10.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 12AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
W
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)17161616151414121410109998834556151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148132124118855448245420171412121117921151316232155
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
W
10
W
20
WSW
25
W
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:15PM
4.33
3:29AM
4.20
3:49PM
4.02
4:06AM
3.89
4:31PM
3.71
4:51AM
3.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07PM
1.13
9:27AM
1.22
9:47PM
1.46
10:14AM
1.54
10:42PM
1.77
11:26AM
1.79
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:20-------6:18--
Sunset-7:43-------7:45-------7:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C16171716141314141616171514141416159876678
Feels °C (?)9121312111011111415161413141212103213333
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