Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
16.5°C
2.1° 

Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Brighton today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Oct)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (27 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SW
7
2.5
SW
7
2.5
SSW
7
3
SW
8
2.5
SW
8
2.1
SW
7
1.9
SW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.4
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
7
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
0.7
WSW
8
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
412
600
788
1063
857
459
332
224
185
129
94
98
119
77
58
53
52
Wind (km/h)
45
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
35
WSW
40
W
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
11:16PM5.92m
11:35AM6.05m
11:56PM6.03m
12:15PM6.05m
Low Tide
5:20AM0.07m
5:41PM-0.01m
6:00AM0.09m
6:22PM0.04m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
17
16
16
16
14
14
14
13
13
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
10
7
7
6
8
6
6
7
7
6
6
7
8
9
9
11
12
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