Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 12 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
10.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 2AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (13 Apr)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
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 (?)
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)161614101491388888888845664444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1115773103904947262524321021542099611213936282124
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
0
WSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
3.53
9:11AM
3.62
9:49PM
3.94
10:06AM
4.03
10:33PM
4.39
10:50AM
4.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
1.66
2:52AM
1.66
3:15PM
1.33
3:43AM
1.29
4:01PM
0.95
4:26AM
0.89
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:11-------6:09--
Sunset-7:51-------7:52-------7:53------
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101099878101010998910101011121211101111
Feels °C (?)355665675666565567887577
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