Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
18.9°C
2.5° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 12AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)--
Afternoon (25 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (25 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
12
0.1
SW
11
0.4
SE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
20
0.2
SSW
18
0.2
SSW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.2
SSW
13
0.3
SW
12
0.1
SW
12
0.1
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
5
2
8
32
27
64
57
54
33
32
28
17
17
23
6
6
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
0
NNE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
on
on
cross
High Tide
11:11PM4.40m
11:32AM4.66m
11:44PM4.74m
12:04PM4.98m
Low Tide
4:46PM1.02m
5:01AM0.69m
5:21PM0.69m
5:35AM0.39m
5:55PM0.41m
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Temp °C
16
16
16
17
18
18
18
19
19
20
19
15
14
14
14
17
17
17
16
Feels °C
15
15
14
15
17
19
18
18
18
18
16
12
10
11
11
16
15
16
15
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