Surf Forecasts:
West Wittering surf forecast from 2 Aug 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Wednesday 5 Aug, 7PM (local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period, SW swell with 72 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 1.0m 6s and forecast to arrive on Wednesday (Aug 05) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-onshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.7m 5s period and expected on Sunday (Aug 02) at 10PM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Wed 5th Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) 6s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for West Wittering over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Right then, let's have a look at what we've got coming up for West Wittering. I gotta be straight with you – it’s a tough run. There’s not a single surfable wave in the whole 16-day window. Every session the data comes back as “poor surf conditions” with a score of zero. It’s a proper blank run, mate.
We start off this Sunday, the 2nd of August, with nothing. Monday the 3rd teases us with a tiny 0.3ft swell from the SW, but it’s so weak it’s barely a ripple, with a combined energy of just 3. That’s it for the first week – a few tiny pulses of swell up to about 1ft by Tuesday, but the wind is blowing straight onshore from the SW at 15 to 18 mph, wrecking any chance of a wave. Wednesday the 5th sees the biggest swell of the whole period, hitting 4ft from the SW, but the period is a terrible 4 seconds and the wind is a strong onshore breeze at 25 mph. The combined energy only reaches 41, so there’s no power there.
The second week doesn’t get any better. We get a few mornings with light offshore winds from the NE or NNW, but there’s no swell to go with it – just 0.3ft dribble. By the time we get to the weekend of the 15th and 16th of August, it’s flat, with no swell at all.
Honestly, for a sheltered spot like West Wittering, this kind of drawn-out flat spell isn’t unheard of. It relies heavily on a good SW groundswell with the right wind, and neither of those are lining up. With the onshore winds and that combined energy never breaking triple digits, just forget about the paddle board. The setup with the wind howling onshore though? That looks more interesting for the kite crew than for us surfers.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Wed afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | Thursday 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | |||||||||||||||
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) | ENE 3 | E 3 | SE 5 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 3 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | NW 2 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | off | off | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross | cross-on | on | cross-off | cross-off | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 2:41PM4.79m | 2:52AM4.65m | 3:16PM4.74m | 3:28AM4.54m | 3:53PM4.61m | 4:08AM4.37m | 4:34PM4.42m | 4:54AM4.16m | 5:23PM4.19m | 5:51AM3.92m | 6:26PM3.97m | 7:07AM3.75m | 7:50PM3.86m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 8:11AM0.42m | 8:31PM0.70m | 8:45AM0.48m | 9:07PM0.77m | 9:22AM0.61m | 9:49PM0.89m | 10:06AM0.80m | 10:38PM1.05m | 11:00AM1.04m | 11:42PM1.21m | 12:11PM1.25m | 00:58AM1.29m | 1:31PM1.34m | 2:17AM1.21m | |||||||
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 | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
 | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:38 | — | — | 8:37 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 21 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 18 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SE 5 | ESE 4 | ESE 3 | SW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | SSW 6 | — | — | SW 5 | SW 5 | W 10 | SW 4 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 25 | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 9 | SW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 10 | — | — | W 9 | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 9 | W 9 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 3 | E 3 | ENE 3 | — | — | WSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WNW 3 | WSW 6 | SW 4 | NW 3 | — | SW 3 | — | — | — | NW 2 |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 41 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 495 | 325 | 235 | 235 | 251 | 253 | 297 | 192 | 351 | 282 | 384 | 35 | 327 | 347 | 325 | 351 | 432 | 334 | 334 | 617 | 325 |
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