Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 30 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
16.0°C
2.0° 

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 (30 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am October 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (30 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (30 Oct)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sat night, fresh winds from the NNE by Sun night).

Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
1
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.4
ESE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
11
0.3
SW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
9
0.3
SW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
8
8
7
27
26
23
22
21
34
31
30
30
17
26
15
17
6
7
11
7
6
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
1:21AM5.76m
1:41PM5.60m
2:09AM5.42m
2:30PM5.20m
3:03AM5.01m
3:27PM4.77m
Low Tide
7:29AM0.54m
7:54PM0.54m
8:22AM0.91m
8:52PM0.90m
9:27AM1.29m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
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clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
12
13
12
12
12
12
11
11
12
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12
11
Feels °C
9
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
8
7
8
9
8
9
10
9
8
8
9
9
8
7
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