West Wittering surf break

West Wittering surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 GMT
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West Wittering surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
7.5° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at West Wittering today?

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 12AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
0.3
SW
1.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SW
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)95912131212121312121313131313121212111111104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1380858107192241019010178727183848444252423212012112750
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
45
SSW
75
SSW
40
W
60
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
15
N
5
NNE
5
SE
15
SSE
30
S
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
4.53
3:11AM
4.51
3:25PM
4.20
3:52AM
4.21
4:08PM
3.87
4:37AM
3.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:48PM
0.67
9:18AM
1.05
9:35PM
0.96
10:09AM
1.28
10:26PM
1.25
11:05AM
1.47
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:03-------8:03-------8:02-
Sunset4:15-------4:16-------4:19-------
light rain
mod rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
49-1221-----------------
Temp. °C6117843455544211332222456
Feels °C (?)02-9-1-9-9-8-6-6-6-6-6-7-8-8-5-4-4-3-1-1-1-3-4
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