West Wittering Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.78° N 0.92° W

West Wittering 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 3s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 1AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)3s

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 afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.

Wed
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
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)
0.1
SW
11
0.1
SW
12
0.3
SW
5
0.2
WSW
11
0.7
SW
3
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.4
SSW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.6
W
3
0.5
W
3
0.3
SW
6
0.3
SW
5
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
13
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
5
11
12
21
60
40
15
9
7
5
5
5
11
17
21
27
24
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
NW
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
20
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
3:16PM4.48m
3:33AM4.24m
3:49PM4.11m
4:08AM3.87m
4:26PM3.75m
Low Tide
9:09PM0.89m
9:26AM1.08m
9:49PM1.23m
10:08AM1.45m
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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>
6:41
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
18
18
15
15
16
16
17
18
19
16
15
14
14
13
15
16
16
17
17
Feels °C
13
14
11
10
10
10
11
12
13
10
10
10
10
10
11
10
10
10
11
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