West Wittering surf break

West Wittering surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 BST
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West Wittering surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's West Wittering sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at West Wittering today?

The current surf forecast for West Wittering at 4AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (10 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (10 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
WSW
1.1
S
0.6
WSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)349585556774444777777444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)124716411587443636505961152723461161181041048473294742
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
S
35
S
40
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
5.31
1:56PM
5.41
2:13AM
5.28
2:35PM
5.29
2:54AM
5.09
3:17PM
5.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
0.05
7:25AM
-0.16
7:47PM
0.03
8:05AM
-0.04
8:28PM
0.17
8:47AM
0.22
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise---6:30-------6:31-------6:33----
Sunset-------7:30-------7:28-------7:24
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---521111---21--1111--11
Temp. °C181817161717171716141415161716161514141416161616
Feels °C (?)1313111013121213118810101088877899910
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at West Wittering (fresh winds from the SSW at ThorneyIsland 4 km from West Wittering). 1.1m 4s local chop from the S with a 0.7m 9s swell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 49 min ago

33 km/h
SSW
Cross-On
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