West Wittering Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Gotta be honest with you – the next couple of weeks are looking pretty bleak for a proper paddle. We've got a long stretch of small, messy surf ahead, and it’s going to test your patience more than your pop-up.

Right off the bat, the water at West Wittering is running at a very unusual 69.6°F – that’s 7°F warmer than normal for this time of year. It's a real oddity, like a warm bath out there, but that’s about the only thing that’ll feel good.

The whole 16-day window is basically a write-off. We’ve got a lot of onshore and cross-onshore winds, with some proper strong blows mixed in. The swell energy is mostly weak, with a few brief pulses of moderate energy, but it never translates into anything rideable.

Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th are total duds. We’re looking at 0.3ft of swell with a period of 7-8 seconds. There's just nothing there, and the wind is all wrong. Thursday afternoon gets a tiny bump to 1.6ft but it's a short-period 3-second windswell and the energy is weak (6). It’s not worth getting wet for.

Friday 28th the swell tries to pick up a bit, but the wind is straight onshore and howling by the afternoon. The morning has 2ft at 3 seconds and the afternoon jumps to 4.3ft at 6 seconds with moderate energy (97). But with 25 mph onshore winds, it's just a washing machine. Forget it.

The weekend is more of the same. Saturday 29th has a bit more size, up to 5.2ft, but it's short-period, messy, and blown out with a near gale (34 mph) from the southwest. Even though the energy climbs to 216 (moderate), it’s all chop and no form. Sunday 30th backs off to 2.3ft, but the period is a long 10 seconds on the morning. It’s still onshore and weak, so no joy.

Monday 31st and Tuesday 1st are still poor. The wind is cross-onshore and lumpy, and the swell is small with weak energy. Nothing to see here.

The first half of September just continues the pattern. Small, weak, and mostly blown out. There’s a brief moment on Saturday 5th with a clean 3.3ft cross-shore swell, but the period is only 4 seconds and the energy is weak (31), so it's not going to have any push. Then Sunday 6th has a clean morning with 2ft from the southwest and a light cross-offshore wind, but again, it's short-period and weak.

The final stretch, from Monday 8th through to Thursday 10th, is just more of the same – tiny, weak, and onshore. Honestly, the only thing that looks interesting out there for a stretch like this is for the kite surfers. The wind is strong enough and the waves are a mess, so they might get some fun in, but for anyone wanting to paddle surf, there is simply nothing on offer.

Keep the board in the car, but don't hold your breath. The forecast can change, but as it stands, this is a blank run.

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