Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 10AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)151414141499998883445551515141434
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7774674733141312127665122417151121333332922
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
SE
5
S
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
NW
10
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
4.81
3:41PM
4.61
3:58AM
4.46
4:22PM
4.25
4:44AM
4.12
5:19PM
3.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
1.33
9:52PM
1.57
10:18AM
1.67
10:47PM
1.90
11:26AM
1.93
12:07AM
2.11
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:22-------6:20-------6:16------
Sunset-----7:43-------7:44-------7:45--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1514151617171716161515151611976667881011
Feels °C (?)1212131416171716161413121144123334245
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