Littlehampton Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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)

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	5	5	5	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	4	6	8	9	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	141	114	96	58	47	46	18	18	16	15	34	35	35	34	33	33	23	64	43	297	981	1121	760	339
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSE	S	S	S	SE	ESE	NNW	W	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- 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	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	16	15	14	15	14
Feels °C (?)	14	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	20	20	19	17	15	14	14	13	9	9	9	11	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind 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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