Environment Agency065WAC412Solent and South Downs
Coastal areas of Seaford seafront: flood history since 2013
The Environment Agency has issued 55 flood alerts for Coastal areas of Seaford seafront since 27 Oct 2013, most often in February; the busiest year was 2014 (17).
Flood alerts only
The flood area
- Flood area
- Coastal areas of Seaford seafront
- Code
- 065WAC412
- Environment Agency area
- Solent and South Downs
- County
- East Sussex
- River or sea
- English Channel
- First in the history
- 27 Oct 2013
- Latest in the history file
- 8 Jan 2026
- Current status
- check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk (the Environment Agency's live page)
Flood alert, flood warning, severe flood warning: what each means
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
How many alerts and warnings a year?
Flood alerts, flood warnings and severe flood warnings (updates not counted), by year. 2026 runs to the end of June.
The numbers
| Year | Alerts | Warnings | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
When in the year?
All alerts and warnings since 2013 by month.
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Before July 2026: the latest in the history file
| Date | Level |
|---|---|
| 8 Jan 2026 | Flood alert |
| 31 Dec 2024 | Flood alert |
| 8 Apr 2024 | Flood alert |
| 30 Dec 2023 | Flood alert |
| 27 Oct 2023 | Flood alert |
| 30 Aug 2023 | Flood alert |
| 21 Mar 2023 | Flood alert |
| 25 Dec 2022 | Flood alert |
| 22 Dec 2022 | Flood alert |
| 17 Feb 2022 | Flood alert |
| 7 Dec 2021 | Flood alert |
| 1 Feb 2021 | Flood alert |
Source: Environment Agency, Historic Flood Warnings (England); Environment Agency flood-monitoring API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.