Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Brighton sea temperature is
19.0°C
2.6° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 6AM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (26 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
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)
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
13
0.2
WSW
13
0.1
SW
12
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.5
SE
3
0.5
S
4
0.2
WSW
10
0.8
SW
4
1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1
WSW
5
0.7
SW
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
SW
5
0.4
SW
6
0.4
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
33
32
29
27
17
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
6
10
23
42
58
55
27
17
14
10
11
12
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
10
N
5
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
5
NE
10
SE
20
ESE
10
ENE
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
11:33PM5.32m
11:53AM5.58m
00:07AM5.64m
12:26PM5.85m
00:41AM5.87m
1:00PM6.01m
Low Tide
5:38AM0.42m
5:58PM0.41m
6:13AM0.17m
6:32PM0.19m
6:47AM0.04m
7:06PM0.09m
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1
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Temp °C
17
15
14
15
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
17
18
18
15
13
14
17
17
16
15
Feels °C
14
11
10
12
15
13
15
15
15
14
13
14
15
15
14
15
16
13
10
12
16
15
13
14
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