Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
8.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)8899883445677666615567788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66712102858146326037121513711510388771433415557779151147
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
30
WSW
30
WNW
30
W
25
WNW
25
W
15
W
30
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
55
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
4.80
3:09PM
4.54
3:28AM
4.41
3:50PM
4.14
4:15AM
4.04
4:50PM
3.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45PM
1.18
9:07AM
1.37
9:25PM
1.57
9:53AM
1.74
10:19PM
1.94
11:02AM
2.04
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----6:26-------6:24-------6:22---
Sunset------5:54-------5:57-------5:59-
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------31-----------1
Temp. °C9101091099101110910891098899991011
Feels °C (?)798674465204124231100-1-10
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