Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm 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 11PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 25). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)--
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
Wednesday
28
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1.6
S
2.2
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.9
SSW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.1
WSW
0.7
SW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1110141616151414131212567777777713136
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29452033442392241641161067449146384530657319471612596552403395163132
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
35
SSE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SSE
45
SSE
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
5.06
3:53AM
5.09
4:16PM
4.78
4:49AM
4.80
5:21PM
4.51
6:00AM
4.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Wednesday
28
Sunrise------7:45-------7:43-------7:41-
Sunset4:37-------4:39-------4:42-------
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1---------16743--------
Temp. °C7776555788888891098888888
Feels °C (?)01211112320-1-3-30301111233
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