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South Lancing surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 GMT
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South Lancing surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's South Lancing sea temperature is
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at South Lancing today?

The current surf forecast for South Lancing at 2AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)19s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
1.4
SW
0.8
WSW
2.2
S
2.1
SSE
1.9
S
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)5666665191918171717161616151461467713
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10212316317614811485659180243241235214203193415206137253380363308273
Wind
(km/h)
40
E
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
10
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
25
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
N
10
WSW
15
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
35
S
40
SSE
45
S
45
SSE
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
5.58
1:32PM
5.41
1:54AM
5.40
2:07PM
5.16
2:29AM
5.13
2:42PM
4.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:03PM
0.12
7:24AM
0.44
7:39PM
0.28
8:00AM
0.60
8:15PM
0.54
8:37AM
0.84
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise----7:31-------7:30-------7:28---
Sunset------4:59-------5:00-------5:01-
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--221-12121-11-----13212
Temp. °C988991010999988889999889910
Feels °C (?)00-122456554357662131-1-101
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