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Littlehampton Surf Photo: 'Checking East Littlehampton before heading over the river' by O Fred Preston

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.54° W

Issued: 6 am 27 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Littlehampton sea temperature is

18.0° C

3.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year

Littlehampton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	N	SSW	SSW
	7 s	off	2 s	7 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 November at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	Swell 3	3 hours later
	SSW	SSE		SSW	SSW	S
	7 s	glass		7 s	13 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 November at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	Swell 3	3 hours later
	S	W	WSW	SSW	SSE	SW
	6 s	cross- on	8 s	7 s	6 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 November at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW	SW	S	SSE
	5 s	cross- on	13 s	5 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 November at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SW	WSW
	6 s	on	6 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 3 November at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	WNW	WSW	SW
	7 s	cross	7 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	Swell 3	3 hours later
	SW	NE	NNE	SSW	SW	S
	13 s	off	3 s	8 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	NNE	SW	S
	13 s	off	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	N	SW	S
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SW	S
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNW	NNW	SW	W
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	NW	SW	ENE
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	Swell 3	3 hours later
	SSW	NW	WNW	SW	ENE	ENE
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	5 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 4 November at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	WNW	WNW	SW	WSW
	12 s	cross	3 s	12 s	5 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 November at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	Swell 3	3 hours later
	SW	W	WSW	SSW	SW	SW
	12 s	cross- on	10 s	12 s	6 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 November at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW
	9 s	cross- on	9 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 November at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW	SW
	4 s	cross- on	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 5 November at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Littlehampton around the time the photo was taken

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Littlehampton Surf Photo: 'Checking East Littlehampton before heading over the river' by O Fred Preston

It looks nice but the swell was too clean to break even 1h+ after high (we changed and returned, but it was still similar). So we snapped this and surfed just the other side of the river.

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User: O Fred Preston (25 photos)

Country: United Kingdom (987 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:09 am 4 Nov 2022