Surf Forecasts:
West Wittering surf forecast from 8 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Sunday 12 Jul, 4AM (local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 6s period, SE swell with 6 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 0.3m 6s and forecast to arrive on Sunday (Jul 12) at 4AM. Winds are predicted to be offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.1m 4s period and expected on Sunday (Jul 12) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 4AM (Sun 12th Jul) | 1ft (0.3m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for West Wittering over the next 16 days.
Alright, Rusty here. Let's see what's cookin' for West Wittering. Gotta be honest, looking at the whole 16-day window, it's a quiet spell, and I'm not seeing any days that'll get the heart pumping. We've got a long stretch of small, weak, or wind-chopped conditions to work through.
Right off the bat, the first few days are a write-off. We're looking at Tuesday the 7th with a tiny 2ft swell, but it's blown out by a 16 mph onshore wind and the combined energy is a measly 5. That's a pass from me. The water's a very unusual 68°, which is a solid 5° warmer than average for this time of year – feels more like a tropical lagoon than the English Channel, but it won't help the surf.
Wednesday the 8th is glassy in the morning with a slight air and an easterly breeze, but the swell is all but gone at 0.3ft. You'd be chasing ripples. This flat, energy-less pattern sticks around for days. From Thursday the 9th all the way through to the afternoon of Wednesday the 15th, it's a total desert. The combined swell energy is mostly a flat zero, or a pathetic 1 or 2. The wind isn't doing us any favors either, mostly cross-off or howling offshore so strong it's hard to even paddle. There's nothing to ride.
We finally see a tiny pulse of life on Thursday the 16th afternoon, with a 2ft southerly swell and a combined energy of 12. But it's onshore wind and the period is a short, weak 4 seconds. Not worth the drive. Friday the 17th afternoon sees the biggest surf of the whole run – a 3ft WSW swell with a combined energy of 47 and a 6-second period. But again, it's sloppy with a moderate cross-onshore wind making it choppy. For a beach/groyne setup like this, that's more kite-surfing weather than a surf session.
The following days don't offer any redemption. Tiny swells, onshore winds, and low energy dominate right through to Wednesday the 22nd. The best you'll find is a clean but tiny 1ft on Tuesday the 21st afternoon, or a 3ft but messy and lumpy swell on Wednesday the 22nd afternoon. Nothing here grabs me. There are no standout days, no real highlights. It's one of those blank runs that happens here. We just have to wait for the forecasts to change.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 20°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5-7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Fri afternoon, strong winds from the NE by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | |||||||||||||||
PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | SSW 4 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | W 7 | W 10 | W 7 | SE 3 | ESE 4 | W 11 | W 7 | W 8 | SE 7 | W 8 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 |
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 kJ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-off | glassy | on | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:05PM4.24m | 5:24AM3.99m | 5:57PM4.14m | 6:23AM3.88m | 7:00PM4.06m | 7:36AM3.85m | 8:15PM4.07m | 8:59AM3.98m | 9:33PM4.23m | 10:14AM4.26m | 10:40PM4.49m | 11:15AM4.59m | 11:36PM4.78m | 12:09PM4.90m | |||||||
Low Tide | 11:20PM1.24m | 11:41AM1.10m | 00:24AM1.25m | 12:47PM1.16m | 1:30AM1.18m | 1:55PM1.13m | 2:35AM1.02m | 3:01PM1.01m | 3:37AM0.79m | 4:03PM0.83m | 4:35AM0.53m | 5:00PM0.64m | 5:29AM0.29m | ||||||||
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 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | 5:05 |
 | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 9:13 | 9:12 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 26 |
Feels °C | 22 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 20 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 4 | SW 4 | W 8 | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | W 8 | SE 7 | W 8 | ESE 8 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | — | W 7 | — | — | W 11 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 3 | — | — | SSW 2 | — | — | — | ESE 4 | ESE 3 | SE 3 | ESE 4 | ENE 4 | E 3 | E 4 | ENE 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 | E 4 |
| kJ | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 39 | 27 | 50 | 22 | 6 | 50 | 22 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 304 | 256 | 255 | 143 | 143 | 189 | 295 | 143 | 195 | 257 | 55 | 283 | 159 | 159 | 347 | 159 | 515 | 666 | 460 | 291 | 609 |
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