Surf Forecasts:
West Wittering surf forecast from 26 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Saturday 29 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period, SSW swell with 412 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for West Wittering this week:
The most powerful waves expected at West Wittering in the next 16 days are 1.8m 8s and forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 29) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 4s period and expected on Thursday (Aug 27) at 1AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Sat 29th Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for West Wittering over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's take a look at what West Wittering has in store over the next couple of weeks.
Honestly, mate, I'm looking at this and it's a pretty bleak stretch for the paddle crew. The entire 16-day window is filled with "poor surf conditions" – not a single decent wave on offer for a surfer. That's a long dry spell.
We start off with tiny, weak dribble on Wednesday the 26th and Thursday the 27th, with onshore winds from the SSW and SW that just trash any chance of a ride. Wave heights barely scrape 2ft with a shocking 4-second period. The combined energy is weak, reading between 2 and 19 – a real struggle.
We get a bit of a pulse of more powerful swell around Saturday the 29th and into Sunday the 30th, with the energy jumping up to 131 and peaking at 469 on Sunday morning. Swell height hits 5ft with a period up to 9 seconds. But here’s the kicker – the wind is howling onshore from the SSW and SW at 18 to 28 mph. That’s not surfable swell; that’s a washing machine. At a sheltered beach/groyne like West Wittering, with that much wind and messy surf, it’s probably more interesting for the kite surfers than anyone with a paddleboard.
After that, it drops back to flat, with the rest of the week and into early September seeing nothing but tiny 0.3ft to 0.7ft slop. There are a couple of mornings with glassy or offshore winds, like Friday the 4th and Sunday the 6th, but with absolutely no swell to work with, you’d be better off sitting on the sand watching the clouds.
Water temps are feeling about average for the time of year, nothing unusual to report there.
So, to put it bluntly: there aren’t any standouts here. Not a single session worth grabbing your board for. The entire 16-day forecast is a bust for West Wittering. Sometimes you get a run of flat, windy days, and this is one of them. Keep the wax in the cupboard. Things can change, but right now, it's a solid miss.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed night, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon). | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SW on Sat afternoon, light winds from the W by Mon night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | S 8 | ESE 4 | W 8 | SE 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 9 | SW 10 | WSW 9 | SW 7 | WSW 8 | SW 4 | WSW 6 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | SW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 187 | 118 | 145 | 235 | 281 | 79 | 94 | 139 | 114 | 18 | 60 | 7 | 36 | 9 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:34AM4.15m | 11:43PM4.30m | 12:06PM4.47m | 00:16AM4.57m | 12:38PM4.74m | 00:48AM4.78m | 1:09PM4.94m | 1:20AM4.92m | 1:41PM5.05m | 1:53AM4.97m | 2:14PM5.06m | 2:28AM4.92m | 2:49PM4.96m | 3:04AM4.77m | |||||||
Low Tide | 5:14PM1.08m | 5:33AM0.72m | 5:50PM0.82m | 6:06AM0.47m | 6:24PM0.61m | 6:39AM0.29m | 6:56PM0.45m | 7:10AM0.18m | 7:29PM0.37m | 7:43AM0.17m | 8:02PM0.38m | 8:17AM0.26m | 8:38PM0.48m | ||||||||
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 | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | 6:16 | — | — |
 | — | 8:01 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:50 | — |
mm | — | — | 5 | 15 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 3 | S 8 | — | SE 4 | SE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 9 | — | — | — | SW 6 | — | — | SW 6 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 9 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | W 8 | SSE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 9 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | SW 7 | — | — | E 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSE 3 | ESE 4 | — | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SSW 4 | SW 7 | WSW 8 | SW 4 | WSW 6 | SSW 3 | SW 4 | WNW 3 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 13 | — | 2 | 9 | 16 | 187 | 118 | 145 | 235 | 281 | 79 | 34 | 139 | 114 | 18 | 60 | 7 | 36 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 255 | 372 | 627 | 412 | 328 | 303 | 414 | 387 | 167 | 574 | 425 | 167 | 144 | 142 | 810 | 283 | 254 | 25 | 303 | 412 | 233 |
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