Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 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 (26 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9PM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)--
Afternoon (26 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (26 Oct)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon night, light winds from the WSW by Wed night).

Mon
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
3 PM
6 PM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
7
2.3
SW
7
2.1
SW
7
2.5
SW
7
2.5
SW
7
3
SSW
8
2.5
SW
8
2.1
SW
8
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
0.6
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.5
WSW
12
0.4
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
458
494
403
600
795
1024
857
477
322
218
180
129
107
96
98
98
54
83
52
Wind (km/h)
45
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-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
5:02PM0.09m
5:20AM0.07m
5:41PM-0.01m
6:00AM0.09m
6:22PM0.04m
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Temp °C
16
17
17
17
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16
14
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12
12
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14
Feels °C
9
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