West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
20.8°C
3.8° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 9AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Afternoon (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
4
0.3
SW
3
0.1
SW
7
0.4
WSW
3
0.8
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.2
SW
6
1.1
SW
4
1.1
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1
SSW
4
1.2
S
5
1.3
SSW
6
2.1
SSW
7
1.9
SSW
9
1.5
SW
9
1.2
SW
9
1
SW
9
0.8
SW
9
0.9
WSW
9
0.7
SW
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.9
SSW
5
0.9
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
2
2
3
17
58
106
44
97
99
38
73
117
407
578
359
225
148
117
138
13
31
37
25
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
45
S
45
SSW
60
SW
55
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
00:16AM4.57m
12:38PM4.74m
00:48AM4.78m
1:09PM4.94m
1:20AM4.92m
1:41PM5.05m
Low Tide
6:06AM0.47m
6:24PM0.61m
6:39AM0.29m
6:56PM0.45m
7:10AM0.18m
7:29PM0.37m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:11
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:58
7:55
7:53
 mm
4
4
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
17
19
19
19
18
18
17
18
19
19
20
19
18
Feels °C
16
16
15
15
12
11
11
12
13
12
12
10
12
9
10
11
12
12
14
15
14
15
14
12
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