Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
20.3°C
3.4° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 8PM is: 0.4m 3s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun night, fresh winds from the WSW by Tue morning).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
3
0.4
SE
3
0.1
W
9
0.3
SE
3
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
15
0.4
SW
14
0.4
WSW
14
0.4
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.6
SW
6
1.1
SW
6
1
SW
6
0.9
WSW
6
1.1
W
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
5
3
1
2
10
9
54
71
67
66
53
60
64
145
89
71
47
45
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WNW
30
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
7:41PM3.79m
8:43AM3.83m
9:19PM4.00m
10:03AM4.21m
Low Tide
1:24PM1.55m
2:12AM1.35m
2:50PM1.41m
3:26AM1.07m
3:57PM1.11m
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:37
7:35
7:32
 mm
3
2
1
Temp °C
17
18
19
21
23
22
20
17
19
20
20
19
18
17
16
15
17
17
20
18
15
Feels °C
14
15
17
18
20
21
18
15
17
17
15
14
14
13
11
10
11
11
14
11
8
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