Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.4° 

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 (19 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 6AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (19 Oct)2ft (0.6m)4s
Evening (19 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 30mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon night, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Tue morning, strong winds from the W by Wed morning).

Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
10
0.1
W
10
0.6
SE
4
0.6
SE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.6
SE
4
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
15
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
14
0.1
SW
13
0.7
SE
4
1.3
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
5
1.3
SW
5
1.7
SSW
6
2.2
SSW
6
1.9
SW
7
2.1
WSW
7
2.2
SW
8
2.4
SW
8
2.4
SW
8
2.3
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
2
9
12
14
9
10
10
8
8
7
7
19
93
69
89
180
384
331
465
634
746
765
728
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
20
NE
30
E
30
ENE
25
E
10
E
10
W
25
W
25
SW
40
SSW
45
S
45
W
35
W
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:17AM3.45m
5:45PM3.35m
6:44AM3.34m
7:24PM3.32m
8:29AM3.51m
8:55PM3.55m
Low Tide
11:14PM1.79m
12:04PM1.98m
00:49AM1.85m
1:34PM1.93m
2:04AM1.69m
2:38PM1.69m
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7:31
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7:33
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 mm
1
1
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1
2
7
4
7
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1
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Temp °C
11
13
13
13
13
12
13
12
12
14
12
12
13
14
11
13
14
13
12
11
11
12
12
12
Feels °C
8
8
8
8
7
7
9
9
9
9
7
8
12
13
5
8
6
5
3
3
1
2
3
4
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