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Portslade surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 05 Feb 2026 GMT
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Portslade surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Portslade sea temperature is
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Portslade today?

The current surf forecast for Portslade at 8PM is: 0.4m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)--
Afternoon (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)5191918171717166661414677766131291212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7359918024324123517321218713820825347055345336329220211910393172139
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
15
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
45
SSE
35
S
40
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:37PM
6.20
1:58AM
6.14
2:14PM
5.94
2:34AM
5.84
2:50PM
5.60
3:10AM
5.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.60
8:06AM
0.85
8:23PM
0.88
8:43AM
1.12
9:00PM
1.22
9:22AM
1.45
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise------7:30-------7:28-------7:26-
Sunset4:58-------5:00-------5:01-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
253223-111----111-------
Temp. °C99999991010109998910101010109999
Feels °C (?)4634455333222-12233344666
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