Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / Otago / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 06 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Brighton sea temperature is
11.1° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 6AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

Table - waves today at Brighton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1
E
0.5
SSW
1
E
0.4
SSW
1.1
E
0.7
E
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.4
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1616161581581488913131316161615141414141415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3462662591791401211446916561123189632241718071762721558874731555465507687
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NE
15
N
20
N
20
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.83
2:43PM
1.90
3:02AM
1.93
3:28PM
1.94
3:51AM
1.99
4:16PM
1.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:07PM
0.15
8:27AM
0.04
8:51PM
0.07
9:15AM
-0.01
9:38PM
0.02
10:05AM
-0.01
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise----7:01-------7:00------6:58----
Sunset-------7:52-------7:52-------7:54
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------2---------------
Temp. °C86448151615887791011111088712171816
Feels °C (?)431151212114210335654448131413
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Otago

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Brighton (light winds from the NNW at DunedinAeroAws 11 km from Brighton). 1.3m 9s swell from the E with a 1.1m 7s swell from the SSE and a 0.7m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNW
Clean
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