Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 BST
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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
9.9° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12PM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.1
SW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)22201819171616161514141414999988831144
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)915515710796908684746747331413121277655118
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
0
SSE
5
WSW
15
WSW
30
WNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
5.14
3:05PM
4.96
3:21AM
4.81
3:41PM
4.61
3:58AM
4.46
4:22PM
4.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
0.99
9:12PM
1.22
9:32AM
1.33
9:52PM
1.57
10:18AM
1.67
10:47PM
1.90
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset-----7:40-------7:43-------7:44--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C119101215161615141312141516171616151415151098
Feels °C (?)53359111211111081011141514151412129544
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