Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.8°C
2.5° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 3AM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Afternoon (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (29 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
3
0.5
ESE
3
0.5
ESE
3
0.5
SE
3
0.6
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.5
S
4
0.9
S
4
1.2
S
5
1.4
S
5
1.4
S
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.9
SW
6
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.5
SW
10
0.3
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.6
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
6
5
5
9
5
5
7
28
70
100
123
81
56
40
36
36
50
53
49
50
37
44
98
Wind (km/h)
25
E
20
ESE
25
E
30
E
25
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
SSE
20
SSE
35
S
35
S
25
SW
20
WSW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:17AM5.97m
1:36PM6.02m
1:55AM5.92m
2:14PM5.88m
2:34AM5.71m
2:55PM5.59m
Low Tide
7:23AM0.05m
7:42PM0.13m
8:00AM0.20m
8:21PM0.31m
8:40AM0.48m
9:04PM0.61m
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6:44
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6:40
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1
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1
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1
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Temp °C
16
17
17
18
20
21
22
21
21
21
19
20
19
18
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
17
17
16
Feels °C
13
15
15
15
17
20
21
20
18
18
14
16
17
16
18
17
16
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
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