Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 13 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
21.3° C
4.3° 

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 (13 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 10AM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Afternoon (13 Aug)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (13 Aug)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.3
SW
9
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.2
SSW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.2
WSW
6
0.3
WSW
9
0.9
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
5
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
3
13
15
15
9
4
9
4
3
16
26
16
7
4
3
3
3
2
5
5
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
10
W
15
N
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
High Tide
12:43PM5.28m
00:58AM5.30m
1:24PM5.41m
1:39AM5.33m
2:03PM5.39m
Low Tide
6:13AM0.11m
6:36PM0.34m
6:57AM-0.02m
7:19PM0.26m
7:38AM-0.01m
8:00PM0.30m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:45
5:47
5:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:27
8:24
8:22
 mm
Temp °C
27
25
27
29
30
29
27
25
23
21
25
27
28
27
26
22
19
17
22
26
28
27
22
Feels °C
23
22
23
25
26
26
25
24
22
20
25
24
24
24
23
20
16
12
19
24
26
25
21
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