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Brighton Surf Forecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 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 7.9 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 8.0 max: 9.6 min: 5.6 °C)
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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 7.9 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 8.0 max: 9.6 min: 5.6 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 3 km away suggest it is still onshore at Brighton (moderate winds from the SSW at Brighton Marina Village wx).

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Moderate
21 km/h
SSW
Onshore
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How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)--
Afternoon (22 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (22 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thu
30
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SSW
1.9
SW
2
WSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
1
SSW
0.7
SW
1.1
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
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Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)38523819854058538132841427128462445243642360664162371788681396211211367132711257653221671077125244027916782848560424028272829284815142010144731153485866154301403
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SW
50
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
S
60
SW
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
30
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SE
10
NE
20
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
15
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
5
ENE
5
E
15
SE
25
S
20
S
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
6.25
12:19PM
6.18
12:40AM
6.22
12:58PM
6.06
1:17AM
6.01
1:35PM
5.79
1:53AM
5.67
2:11PM
5.40
2:29AM
5.23
2:49PM
4.95
3:06AM
4.75
3:29PM
4.47
3:49AM
4.28
4:20PM
4.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52PM
-0.22
6:13AM
-0.09
6:31PM
-0.19
6:51AM
-0.03
7:08PM
0.01
7:28AM
0.19
7:45PM
0.35
8:05AM
0.53
8:22PM
0.77
8:43AM
0.95
9:01PM
1.23
9:26AM
1.40
9:49PM
1.68
10:22AM
1.81
10:56PM
2.05

Note: the tide data above is for Brighton which is 8 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Brighton.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Brighton blow from the N

Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thu
30
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)4310111332-1201100-1-2-2-1-1-101363242-10-11-2-5-6-4-1-1110000-101-1-2-10123666
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:54-------5:52-------5:48-------5:47-------5:45-------5:43------
Sunset-6:15-------6:17-------6:19-------6:21-------6:22-------6:23-------6:25-------6:27--

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