Littlehampton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Littlehampton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is
20.3°C
3.3° 

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 (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Littlehampton at 4PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (03 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (03 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Thu night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.5
SW
6
1.8
SW
6
1.8
SW
6
2
SW
7
1.4
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1.1
SW
6
1
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
SW
5
0.3
WSW
7
0.4
WSW
7
0.5
SW
4
0.2
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
152
138
155
190
172
154
240
265
347
181
114
82
65
43
39
19
13
10
18
6
4
Wind (km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:07PM4.59m
4:31AM4.33m
4:57PM4.24m
5:30AM3.98m
6:04PM3.92m
Low Tide
9:39AM0.76m
10:08PM0.96m
10:34AM1.11m
11:13PM1.26m
11:50AM1.43m
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6:16
6:18
6:20
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7:44
7:42
7:38
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Temp °C
19
20
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
21
18
16
15
14
13
15
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18
17
17
Feels °C
16
17
16
15
15
15
14
13
14
13
15
12
11
12
10
10
13
16
14
15
16
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