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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK
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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
13.2° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Brighton today?
The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm May 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (23 May) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Brighton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Mon 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | S 14 | |
26 | 28 | 29 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | |
High Tide | 4:26PM4.99m | 4:49AM4.73m | 5:29PM4.67m | 5:57AM4.42m | 6:42PM4.49m | 7:14AM4.28m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:57PM1.25m | 11:27AM1.13m | 00:06AM1.44m | 12:34PM1.31m | 1:14AM1.49m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | — | |
— | 8:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:53 | — | — | — | — | — | 8:54 | |
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Temp °C | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 23 |
21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | SW 8 |
26 | 28 | 29 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 3 | S 3 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | — | WSW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 14 |
— | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 4 | S 3 | SE 2 | S 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | SSW 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 122 | 80 | 74 | 101 | 74 | 84 | 74 | 103 | 103 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 | 181 |
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