Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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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
17.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 5PM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
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 (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)65556111111101010101010101099468988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14111496584746181816153435353433332364432979811121760339
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SE
0
ESE
0
NNW
5
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01AM
4.02
10:22PM
4.16
10:52AM
4.39
11:08PM
4.49
11:32AM
4.70
11:46PM
4.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:55PM
1.32
4:20AM
1.00
4:45PM
1.04
5:04AM
0.73
5:24PM
0.78
5:40AM
0.51
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-------6:41-------6:43-------6:45
Sunset---7:09-------7:07-------7:06----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818171717171718181921201918171718181615141514
Feels °C (?)141314141616171717161720201917151414139991110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the W at Tangmere wx 13 km from Littlehampton). 1.1m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.5m 12s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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10 km/h
W
Clean
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