Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 09 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
8.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (09 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.2
SW
1.4
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)11111154556651010181066677888813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30301935305910911867405063821491902392534403818271285619245171
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
35
SE
40
SE
20
SSE
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSE
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
35
SW
25
S
20
SSE
45
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
4.70
3:51PM
4.38
4:15AM
4.33
4:39PM
4.03
5:09AM
4.00
5:51PM
3.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57AM
1.46
10:14PM
1.59
10:49AM
1.77
11:12PM
1.91
11:56AM
1.99
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise--7:24-------7:22-------7:20-----
Sunset----5:05-------5:07-------5:07---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----121-----61---11-158
Temp. °C1099910109910101010101010101010101010101010
Feels °C (?)654343157885575433102561
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