Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
19.9°C
3.0° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 12AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)--
Afternoon (10 Sep)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (10 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
9
0.4
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.3
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.5
SW
3
0.8
SW
4
1
SW
5
1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1.2
SW
5
1
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
1
WSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.8
SW
4
0.3
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
12
18
18
11
17
17
6
6
18
41
45
64
79
66
42
66
30
16
11
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
5
N
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
SW
15
W
20
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:16PM4.79m
11:43AM5.03m
11:59PM5.09m
12:23PM5.28m
Low Tide
4:51PM0.77m
5:13AM0.39m
5:37PM0.48m
5:55AM0.15m
6:17PM0.28m
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clear
clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:28
7:25
 mm
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
16
15
16
15
17
17
17
18
17
17
16
17
20
20
20
20
Feels °C
14
16
14
13
13
14
12
12
12
13
13
12
14
14
15
18
17
17
17
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