Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 10 Feb 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 4AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (11 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
2
WSW
2.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1716666771314141414131378151514136131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75451229517537246627317947837727321510626230228425524117614013810395
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
20
SSW
10
SSE
15
NE
15
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
30
W
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
5
WNW
40
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:09AM
4.00
5:51PM
3.75
6:39AM
3.82
7:44PM
3.74
8:21AM
3.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
1.91
11:56AM
1.99
12:27AM
2.10
1:14PM
2.03
1:47AM
2.07
2:29PM
1.85
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise----7:20-------7:18-------7:16---
Sunset------5:07-------5:09-------5:12-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----2--22-------1111231
Temp. °C101010101010101099998910999988985
Feels °C (?)77643236666643222223346-5
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