West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
16.5°C
1.6° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 8AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (23 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (23 Oct)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 55mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales.

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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)
1.9
S
7
2.1
S
8
2.5
SW
9
1.1
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
14
1.1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.6
SW
10
0.4
SW
12
0.8
WSW
12
0.8
WSW
3
1.3
SW
4
2.2
SSW
8
2.4
SSW
10
2.5
SSW
11
1.9
SSW
11
1.5
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.3
WSW
12
1.2
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
12
0.4
SW
11
0.9
WSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
318
513
1123
559
909
763
325
205
63
37
156
15
62
596
1057
1436
907
573
505
472
227
347
33
21
Wind (km/h)
60
S
55
S
55
SE
50
NW
60
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
40
SW
55
SSW
65
SW
65
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
W
45
WNW
30
W
35
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:17AM4.16m
10:33PM4.20m
10:54AM4.54m
11:12PM4.57m
11:31AM4.87m
Low Tide
3:43AM1.04m
4:08PM0.97m
4:22AM0.71m
4:45PM0.62m
5:00AM0.41m
5:21PM0.31m
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6:41
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5:53
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 mm
7
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9
3
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4
12
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Temp °C
15
14
12
12
11
9
10
10
9
10
11
13
13
14
16
17
13
11
11
11
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
4
3
2
4
-2
-5
-4
-2
-1
2
5
6
4
4
5
6
4
1
1
0
3
3
4
4
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