South Lancing surf break

South Lancing surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at South Lancing today?

The current surf forecast for South Lancing at 3AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)6655667766665555511111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12080579221430533528922617213312410310077513223181817161515
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
5
SW
10
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30PM
3.91
8:35AM
3.93
9:11PM
4.06
9:54AM
4.25
10:16PM
4.41
10:46AM
4.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
1.58
2:47PM
1.66
3:23AM
1.38
3:55PM
1.40
4:21AM
1.08
4:46PM
1.10
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:41----
Sunset-------7:12-------7:08-------7:07
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--11--------------------
Temp. °C161515151616171718171717171818171818171718191921
Feels °C (?)121111899111214131413131414151717171716161720
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at South Lancing (calm at ShorehamAirport 3 km from South Lancing). 1.3m 6s windswell from the WSW with a 0.3m 11s groundswell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 55 min ago

2 km/h
W
Clean
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