West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
20.9°C
3.9° 

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


How big are the waves at West Wittering today (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 7AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a West direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
10
0.1
S
8
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
S
8
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
7
0.5
ESE
4
0.5
ESE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.6
SSW
4
0.5
SSW
4
0.5
SW
3
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
7
0.5
SW
3
0.7
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
15
18
19
15
10
5
6
13
5
14
14
10
10
7
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
ENE
15
E
20
NE
10
ESE
5
S
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
11:08PM4.00m
11:34AM4.15m
11:43PM4.30m
12:06PM4.47m
00:16AM4.57m
12:38PM4.74m
Low Tide
4:55AM1.02m
5:14PM1.08m
5:33AM0.72m
5:50PM0.82m
6:06AM0.47m
6:24PM0.61m
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
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light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
7:58
 mm
1
2
1
3
2
Temp °C
18
18
18
20
20
19
20
20
20
20
18
19
20
19
19
19
18
18
17
19
19
19
19
18
Feels °C
17
19
19
20
19
18
19
19
18
20
19
17
16
15
16
17
17
17
16
16
14
13
14
13
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