We have a weather station that runs separately to this website that can be found at felphamweather.co.uk. The most recent summary from the site ‘should’ be shown below:
The felphamweather.co.uk website contains more comprehensive weather information including tide details, weather graphs, barometer readings and more.
We also have a webcam pointing at the beach directly in front of the club – feel free to watch the sailing, check the tide or just see what’s happening on Felpham beach.
This webcam is supported by SMR Solicitors – based in Chichester, Selsey, East Wittering and Bognor Regis – offering a range of quality legal services to businesses and individuals.
The following shows the latest bathing water quality from the Environment Agency:
You may also be interested in the following websites for weather links:
- Chimet – weather reports from Chichester Bar
- BBC Weather – local weather forcecast
- WindGURU – wind forecast
- Tide Tables (tidetimes.org.uk, tides4fishing.com)
Beaufort Scale
| Force | Knots | MPH | Description | Sea Condition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Calm | Sea like a mirror |
| 1 | 1-3 | >2.6 | Light Air | Ripples but without foam crests |
| 2 | 4-6 | >5.1 | Light Breeze | Small wavelets. Crests do not break |
| 3 | 7-10 | >8.6 | Gentle Breeze | Large wavelets. Perhaps scattered white horses |
| 4 | 11-16 | >13.8 | Moderate Breeze | Small waves. Fairly frequent white horses. |
| 5 | 17-21 | >18.1 | Fresh Breeze | Moderate waves, many white horses |
| 6 | 22-27 | >23.3 | Strong Breeze | Large waves begin to form; white foam crests, probably spray |
| 7 | 28-33 | >28.4 | Near Gale | Sea heaps up and white foam blown in streaks along the direction of the wind |
| 8 | 34-40 | >34.5 | Gale | Moderately high waves, crests begin to break into spindrift |
| 9 | 41-47 | >40.5 | Strong Gale | High waves. Dense foam along the direction of the wind. Crests of waves begin to roll over. Spray may affect visibility |
| 10 | 48-55 | >47.4 | Storm | Very high waves with long overhanging crests. The surface of the sea takes a white appearance. The tumbling of the sea becomes heavy and shock like. Visibility affected |
| 11 | 56-63 | >54.3 | Violent Storm | Exceptionally high waves. The sea is completely covered with long white patches of foam lying in the direction of the wind. Visibility affected |
| 12 | 64+ | 55.1+ | Hurricane | The air is filled with foam and spray. Sea completely white with driving spray. Visibility very seriously affected. |
