Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.3° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 4AM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)10s
Evening (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 52mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales.

Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
7
3
SSW
7
3.5
S
8
2.5
WSW
9
2.5
SW
8
3.5
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
W
6
2
W
6
1.6
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
8
1.9
SW
6
3
SW
8
4
SW
9
4.5
SW
10
4
SW
11
3
SW
10
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.4
WSW
8
2.1
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
627
851
1372
1169
799
2798
2554
1941
423
243
338
232
261
1070
2226
3746
3212
1735
808
810
809
727
527
344
Wind (km/h)
55
S
55
S
65
SSE
20
NNE
55
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
45
SW
60
SSW
65
SW
65
WSW
60
WSW
50
W
50
W
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
35
W
35
W
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
10:03AM4.77m
10:20PM4.86m
10:42AM5.21m
10:59PM5.29m
11:19AM5.60m
Low Tide
3:41AM1.17m
4:07PM1.06m
4:23AM0.79m
4:47PM0.66m
5:03AM0.45m
5:25PM0.33m
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:35
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7:37
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6:37
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5:52
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5:51
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4:49
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 mm
8
1
3
8
2
2
2
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1
4
10
3
4
2
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Temp °C
15
15
12
13
12
9
9
10
9
10
11
13
13
13
15
17
16
12
12
11
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
5
5
0
10
2
-5
-5
-3
-2
1
5
6
4
2
4
6
6
2
1
0
2
2
4
4
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