Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 10 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
7.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 4AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (11 Jan)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.3
S
1.8
S
2.2
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1
WSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
WSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111115677887661112121212111111666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6042414072200417688102963635225421623861555849735384280154266352352
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
40
S
45
S
50
S
55
S
55
S
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
40
S
45
SSW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
4.01
4:57PM
3.67
5:29AM
3.75
6:02PM
3.46
6:41AM
3.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:26PM
1.27
11:05AM
1.49
11:23PM
1.51
12:04PM
1.61
12:25AM
1.66
1:06PM
1.64
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise----8:00-------8:00-------7:58---
Sunset------4:17-------4:20-------4:21-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------2-12----------4314
Temp. °C23566678101111101010101010101010910108
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1-2-4-4-4-4-1332333444664213
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