Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
20.0°C
3.1° 

Littlehampton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Littlehampton today (09 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 12AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Tue afternoon, light winds from the W by Wed afternoon).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
11
1
W
4
1.2
W
5
1.1
W
6
0.8
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.6
W
6
0.4
SW
8
0.5
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.3
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.3
WSW
8
0.8
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1
SW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
18
35
67
91
49
42
18
25
25
35
18
53
37
10
16
13
16
49
43
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
35
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
W
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
15
SSW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:26PM4.40m
10:58AM4.65m
11:16PM4.79m
11:43AM5.03m
Low Tide
3:57PM1.11m
4:25AM0.71m
4:51PM0.77m
5:13AM0.39m
5:37PM0.48m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:32
7:30
7:28
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
17
15
14
13
12
15
17
18
18
17
15
14
15
15
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
10
9
9
8
8
8
11
13
15
16
13
12
12
12
11
13
12
13
12
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