West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
18.4°C
2.8° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 7PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)4s
Afternoon (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (09 Oct)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
4
1.3
SW
7
1.3
SW
8
0.7
SW
8
0.6
SSW
8
0.5
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.6
W
3
0.7
W
3
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.1
S
13
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.1
SW
12
0.6
SSW
3
0.6
S
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
176
211
70
45
27
11
8
6
8
11
9
5
5
5
3
13
14
5
8
10
Wind (km/h)
35
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:24AM4.85m
11:41PM4.85m
12:01PM5.04m
00:18AM5.00m
12:36PM5.11m
Low Tide
5:14PM0.49m
5:30AM0.32m
5:50PM0.31m
6:05AM0.24m
6:24PM0.23m
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
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7:15
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7:16
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7:18
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6:24
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6:22
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6:21
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1
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2
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Temp °C
17
17
17
15
13
12
12
11
12
13
13
14
13
12
12
11
12
14
14
14
13
Feels °C
11
9
9
8
6
6
6
5
5
6
5
7
7
7
8
8
10
12
11
10
7
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