Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Brighton today (27 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Brighton at 10PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 4s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 4s |
Table - waves today at Brighton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 178 | 293 | 322 | 322 | 287 | 157 | 111 | 135 | 413 | 1364 | 1482 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 00:03AM5.25m | 12:24PM5.42m | 00:36AM5.50m | 12:56PM5.66m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:54PM0.89m | 6:11AM0.52m | 6:29PM0.62m | 6:44AM0.30m | 7:02PM0.44m | ||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | | | |  |  | | |  |  | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:52 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 | N 5 | N 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | NE 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 7 | W 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 5 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 |
| kJ | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 178 | 293 | 322 | 322 | 287 | 157 | 111 | 135 | 413 | 1364 | 1482 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 388 | 388 | 250 | 348 | 325 | 345 | 383 | 383 | 383 | 348 | 121 | 121 | 158 | 421 | 406 | 308 | 844 | 760 | 338 |
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