Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
18.6°C
2.9° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 5s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 9AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)5s
Evening (08 Oct)2ft (0.6m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
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
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.8
NNW
4
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
5
0.1
W
8
0.6
W
3
0.8
WSW
4
1.5
WSW
5
1.6
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
7
1.9
WSW
7
2.3
SW
7
2.1
SW
8
1.3
SW
8
1
SW
8
0.8
SW
7
1
W
7
1
W
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
7
20
114
184
261
323
558
547
227
111
73
89
29
19
24
31
42
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WNW
30
W
35
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:12PM4.36m
10:40AM4.65m
10:59PM4.70m
11:22AM4.96m
11:39PM4.96m
11:59AM5.15m
Low Tide
4:09AM0.76m
4:35PM0.75m
4:53AM0.50m
5:16PM0.49m
5:31AM0.32m
5:51PM0.32m
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7:15
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6:25
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6:22
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6:21
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2
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Temp °C
10
9
9
10
13
15
15
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12
15
16
17
17
17
16
13
12
12
12
12
14
15
13
13
Feels °C
3
2
3
3
7
10
9
8
6
8
10
10
10
9
9
7
5
6
5
5
7
7
7
7
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