Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.7°C
2.9° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (05 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (05 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the NNW by Wed afternoon).

Monday
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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)
0.2
W
8
0.2
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.1
SW
6
0.1
SW
6
0.2
W
3
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
N
20
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:40AM4.24m
7:24PM4.22m
8:23AM4.36m
8:56PM4.46m
9:36AM4.74m
9:59PM4.85m
Low Tide
1:21PM1.72m
2:02AM1.47m
2:43PM1.51m
3:14AM1.18m
3:46PM1.16m
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clear
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light rain
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4
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Temp °C
15
15
15
16
18
18
18
18
17
17
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18
19
19
18
17
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12
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Feels °C
14
14
14
14
16
16
17
18
17
17
15
18
18
18
16
16
14
14
13
11
11
6
4
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