West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
20.9°C
3.9° 

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 (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 8PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SW
8
0.1
S
8
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
7
0.7
SE
4
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.6
SE
4
0.6
SSE
4
0.5
S
4
0.4
SSW
4
0.3
SSW
3
0.1
S
7
0.4
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
0.7
SW
4
1.2
SW
5
1.4
SSW
6
1.2
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
11
10
7
4
2
1
2
3
14
68
155
139
121
Wind (km/h)
5
SE
15
S
15
SSE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
S
10
S
10
SE
15
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
W
15
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
11:34AM4.15m
11:43PM4.30m
12:06PM4.47m
00:16AM4.57m
12:38PM4.74m
Low Tide
5:14PM1.08m
5:33AM0.72m
5:50PM0.82m
6:06AM0.47m
6:24PM0.61m
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:09
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:01
8:00
7:58
 mm
1
2
5
3
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
20
20
21
20
20
18
19
20
20
19
19
18
18
17
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
21
20
19
19
19
18
19
18
20
19
17
17
17
17
17
15
15
13
11
11
13
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