West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

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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 (27 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 9PM is: 0.4m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)--
Afternoon (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu afternoon, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
4
0.4
WSW
3
0.9
SW
4
1.2
SW
5
1.3
SW
6
1.1
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1
SW
7
0.9
SSW
4
1.2
WSW
6
1.2
SSW
5
2
SSW
7
1.9
SW
9
1.5
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
5
3
2
3
3
3
27
66
122
109
113
85
26
110
81
342
586
359
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
25
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
35
S
45
SW
60
SW
55
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
00:16AM4.57m
12:38PM4.74m
00:48AM4.78m
1:09PM4.94m
Low Tide
5:50PM0.82m
6:06AM0.47m
6:24PM0.61m
6:39AM0.29m
6:56PM0.45m
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:00
7:58
7:55
 mm
4
2
1
1
Temp °C
21
19
19
18
18
17
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
17
20
19
18
18
Feels °C
18
17
17
16
16
15
15
12
12
11
11
13
13
13
11
13
9
9
11
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