Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 15 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (15 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (15 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
S
2
S
1.8
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1
SE
Period(s) (?)6676688888888888888999124
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21632828611825855151950851251245140041035525518710988724937242333
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
40
S
20
SW
30
WSW
45
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
N
20
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:08AM
4.66
10:33PM
4.82
10:45AM
5.03
11:08PM
5.21
11:20AM
5.37
11:42PM
5.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
1.12
4:34AM
1.14
4:54PM
0.74
5:13AM
0.81
5:30PM
0.41
5:48AM
0.53
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise7:13-------7:11-------7:09-------
Sunset--5:15-------5:16-------5:19-----
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
16632-------------------
Temp. °C569988777887775434543234
Feels °C (?)-5-342-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-1-1-2-4-5-3-1-2-2-4-3-5
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