West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
18.0°C
2.5° 

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 (12 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 3AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (12 Oct)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (12 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the WNW by Tue night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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)
0.2
WSW
12
0.1
SW
12
0.1
SW
11
0.6
S
4
0.9
S
4
1.1
S
5
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
6
0.6
WSW
12
0.7
WSW
11
0.7
SSW
5
0.7
SSW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.4
SSW
6
0.4
SSW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
5
5
9
30
60
70
89
91
109
25
18
17
14
27
15
15
18
12
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
00:53AM5.03m
1:09PM5.06m
1:26AM4.96m
1:41PM4.91m
Low Tide
6:24PM0.23m
6:38AM0.25m
6:56PM0.26m
7:10AM0.36m
7:28PM0.38m
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clear
part cloud
cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
16
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
16
16
17
17
18
18
19
17
15
Feels °C
12
12
13
11
10
8
10
12
14
15
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
14
12
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