Open shingle beach between Worthing and Littlehampton. Works in SW, SSW, S, SSE, and SE. MID-TO-HIGH tide is the spot — around low tide the exposed beach has sharp rocks and a mussel bed, so low water is DISCOURAGED (rideable but not recommended): wear boots and keep off the rocky strip. Grass behind the beach huts is useful for rigging. Chop and small waves — bump-and-jump, intermediate+ freeride venue, not a learner beach. Schools: LearnToKitesurf (Steve Sinnhuber), Brighton Kitesurf & SUP Academy, The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co.
Public-model blend: Met Office UKV 2km (direct), Met Office Global 10km (direct), AROME-FR, IFS-HRES, ICON, GFS (via Open-Meteo) and MET Norway, averaged across every model that covers each hour, out to day 7; temperature from the Met Office feeds
Last updated
Page rebuilt: 25 October 2026 16:20 GMT Forecast data: 25 October 2026 15:30 GMT Tide data: 25 October 2026 16:20 GMT
🌊 Tide & beach state
🏖️ Beach access:Spot confirmed working at this water level — riders out / session possible at or above the observed height (high/mid-tide spot, so the lowest confirmed level matters most). Reached when the tide is at or above ≈4.03 m (chart datum at Worthing) · provisional (1 report).
No measured beach/groyne height for this spot yet — log a beach report to add one.
🧭 Wind directions
Goring-by-Sea/Worthing faces ~S. Working SE round to WSW — WSW is clean side-on off the sea. W is NOT acceptable: it comes over the land/town and is cross-offshore in practice (excluded). N is offshore. DISCOURAGED (orange) around low water — sharp rocks and a mussel bed on the exposed beach; rideable but not recommended, best mid/high tide.
green = works (brightest = side-on) · blue = cross-shore · orange = side-off / unproven (care) · red = offshore, never · grey = excluded locally
Next 7 days at Goring-by-SeaBest of the week: Tue 27 Oct, ~22 kt around 06:00–09:00 BST (GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot) — very gusty (+18 kt), hard work, good kiters only. Also kiteable: Mon 26 Oct (~20 kt). AROME and UKV 2km agree (within ~4 kt) over the next 60 h — confidence good (lead model here: UKV 2km).
Windguru forecast
7-day forecast
Wind scale:<1010–1112–1314–1516–1920–2930+ kt ⚠
Public-model blend, for the full 7 days: The Met Office UKV 2km and Global 10km runs are read directly from the Met Office open-data feeds; AROME-FR 1.3km, IFS-HRES 9km, ICON and GFS come via Open-Meteo, plus MET Norway. Direction is a circular mean; gusts average only the models that publish an hourly-maximum gust. These numbers are raw model output with no coastal correction, so in the same weather they can read a little lighter than a coastally-corrected forecast — treat them as a floor rather than a ceiling. Temperature is from the Met Office runs (interpolated between 3-hourly steps on later days). No sea-state data is available. Tides from UKHO Admiralty (BST, 7-day window). The Windguru widget above is the unmodified Windguru forecast and is a useful cross-check.
Not kiteable today — wind from W. Peak 14 kt from W is not a working direction at Goring-by-Sea. Working directions here: WSW / SW / SSW / S / SSE / SE.
Confidence: the ensemble disagrees — 94% chance of 12 kt+ despite the forecast — worth watching · Met Office ensemble, next 54 h
Good session — ~20 kt SSW in the green window (08:08–13:00 BST). Working direction (SSW) with ~20 kt for 6 h inside the tide window (07:50–13:50 BST around the high tide). GOOD — the 9 m sweet spot. ★ Light from 08:08 — the early part of this window is pre-dawn.
Confidence: looking solid — over 95% chance of 15 kt+ in the window; 87% it reaches the 9–12 m sweet spot · Met Office ensemble, next 54 h
Best window detail — 07:50–13:50 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~20 kt in the high-tide window. Early-bird session — on the water near sunrise; allow ~2 h for the drive.
OK session — ~17 kt WSW in the green window (09:00–14:00 BST). Working direction (WSW) with ~17 kt for 6 h inside the tide window (08:30–14:30 BST around the high tide). an OK session on a 12 m — powered-down at the bottom end. Wind crosses land/hills to reach the beach — expect it gustier and a touch lighter than clean over-the-sea wind.
Best window detail — 08:30–14:30 BST (UKV 2km hourly)
Hourly UKV 2km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~17 kt in the high-tide window. Early-bird session — on the water near sunrise; allow ~2 h for the drive.
Marginal — ~11 kt, big kites only. Peak ~11 kt WSW in the tide window. marginal — big kites (15 m+)/foils — most riders won't get planing; 15 m+/foil specialists only.
Best window detail — 09:10–15:10 BST (AROME-FR 1.3km hourly)
Hourly AROME-FR 1.3km wind for the 2-hour tide window (★) plus an hour either side, averaging ~10 kt in the high-tide window. Early-bird session — on the water near sunrise; allow ~2 h for the drive.
Not kiteable today — wind from NNW. Peak 11 kt from NNW is cross-offshore (side-off) at Goring-by-Sea. Working directions here: WSW / SW / SSW / S / SSE / SE.
Pick a past day to compare three things: the forecast we published (frozen before each hour, never revised afterwards), the wind that actually happened (Open-Meteo reanalysis, hours 05:00–21:00 UK), and what the live weather stations near the spot actually recorded (amber, from 2 Aug 2026). You can go right up to today — today shows the forecast and the live stations; the reanalysis for today lands tomorrow morning.
Important: Forecasts are model-derived and may change. Always verify on Windguru and check local tide tables before you go. LKSA accepts no liability for decisions made based on this forecast.
