Littlehampton surf break

Littlehampton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
7.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Littlehampton today?

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 4PM is: 1.2m 4s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)4s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.3
W
1.2
W
1
W
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
S
2.3
SSW
3
WSW
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)7744765677857812121110999131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96152543450241490856055119657106716572418813380241176145118104101
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
15
W
5
SSW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
10
SW
20
SE
45
S
40
SSW
15
ESE
60
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:00PM
4.93
2:28AM
4.90
2:41PM
4.64
3:09AM
4.62
3:23PM
4.31
3:51AM
4.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
0.62
8:05PM
0.40
8:31AM
0.82
8:49PM
0.68
9:19AM
1.06
9:36PM
0.98
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise8:03-------8:02-------8:02-------
Sunset--4:13-------4:14-------4:15-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11---3764242-------
Temp. °C4565567556610984334444444
Feels °C (?)-4-4-2-2042-1021214-9-10-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5
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