Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 31 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
20.6° C
4.2° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am July 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)1ft (0.3m)4s
Afternoon (31 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (31 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu night, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Friday
31
Saturday
1
Sunday
2
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
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.6
SW
3
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
W
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.1
W
11
0.4
WSW
5
0.8
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
8
0.1
SW
8
0.4
E
3
0.1
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
7
3
1
1
9
26
32
17
10
4
2
8
17
20
19
15
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
15
N
15
N
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WNW
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
15
NW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
NNW
15
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:00AM5.31m
1:23PM5.39m
1:33AM5.41m
1:56PM5.50m
2:07AM5.44m
2:29PM5.53m
Low Tide
7:11AM0.54m
7:29PM0.75m
7:45AM0.44m
8:04PM0.69m
8:19AM0.43m
8:39PM0.70m
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5:24
5:24
5:26
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8:47
8:45
8:44
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Temp °C
20
19
18
19
21
21
21
20
18
16
15
19
19
20
20
19
19
17
16
21
23
25
24
19
Feels °C
21
19
17
16
18
15
15
13
12
11
10
15
14
15
15
16
15
13
14
20
19
21
19
14
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