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Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 30 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
8.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 9AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (30 Jan)6ft (1.8m)18s
Evening (30 Jan)4ft (1.2m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)655161817171016161616161616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14311391949188613058441492224614151184425628666565414314301257203158878484
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
4.23
9:43PM
4.35
10:05AM
4.57
10:38PM
4.73
10:55AM
4.90
11:25PM
5.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
1.21
3:03PM
0.91
3:32AM
0.99
4:03PM
0.61
4:28AM
0.74
4:54PM
0.34
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:37-----
Sunset----4:49-------4:51-------4:52---
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
121-111-11-1------21----
Temp. °C899999999899999998989998
Feels °C (?)14321-1-111244444432555542
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