Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
9.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 10AM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (26 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Evening (26 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)13131312121277124445566191817161616156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44272615151466611193048728158353029252424218
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
N
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
4.07
4:58PM
3.85
5:36AM
3.73
6:41PM
3.68
7:26AM
3.71
8:22PM
3.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42AM
1.34
11:28PM
1.60
12:17PM
1.49
1:04AM
1.62
1:43PM
1.36
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-5:52-------5:50-------5:48------
Sunset-----6:23-------6:24-------6:27--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1---1241-------
Temp. °C445899866781091010764689864
Feels °C (?)-3-203344213454560-1-3-1-111-1-3
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