West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
19.2°C
2.6° 

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 (16 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 3s period with NW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 3PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (16 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
6
0.4
NW
3
0.1
SW
8
0.1
SW
11
0.4
WSW
2
0.1
SW
12
0.1
SW
12
0.4
WSW
3
0.7
WSW
3
0.7
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.8
SW
6
0.5
SSW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
5
0.3
SW
5
0.3
SW
5
0.1
S
13
0.7
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
3
3
4
2
5
5
5
9
12
24
53
21
9
5
5
5
4
7
3
17
21
20
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:00AM4.59m
3:16PM4.48m
3:33AM4.24m
3:49PM4.11m
4:08AM3.87m
4:26PM3.75m
Low Tide
8:49AM0.73m
9:09PM0.89m
9:26AM1.08m
9:49PM1.23m
10:08AM1.45m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:15
7:14
7:12
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
14
18
18
18
15
14
16
16
16
19
19
16
15
14
13
13
15
17
16
17
17
Feels °C
10
9
10
14
13
14
11
10
10
10
10
14
13
10
10
10
10
10
11
12
10
11
11
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