Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 25 Jan 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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (25 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (25 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
S
1.6
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)16151414111414161615141413125667766777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24525819853291602032422392241281161047362152455636277146163398489489
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
E
25
ESE
20
E
15
NE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SSW
55
SSW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
5.33
3:25PM
5.06
3:53AM
5.09
4:16PM
4.78
4:49AM
4.80
5:21PM
4.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
0.93
9:42PM
0.88
10:16AM
1.14
10:40PM
1.16
11:21AM
1.32
11:50PM
1.39
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wed
28
Sunrise--7:46-------7:45-------7:43-----
Sunset----4:37-------4:39-------4:42---
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
22--111-------1762-5-11-
Temp. °C8888887666688888899119888
Feels °C (?)222212223223221-1-2-1-11-3-3-3-2
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