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Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11PM is: 2.2m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 06). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (06 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
W
0.8
WSW
1.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
WSW
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
1.3
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
S
2.1
W
2.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)34567776666666666467811109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)521943517423031471651671551086034131224732412493535731132488188
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
30
WSW
35
SW
55
SW
50
WSW
25
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
SSE
10
SW
20
SSE
40
SSW
50
SSW
15
WSW
75
WNW
65
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
5.75
1:34AM
5.71
1:49PM
5.53
2:16AM
5.48
2:31PM
5.22
2:58AM
5.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25PM
0.20
7:50AM
0.59
8:09PM
0.40
8:35AM
0.80
8:53PM
0.69
9:20AM
1.06
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset4:09-------4:10-------4:12-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1--172----------286111--
Temp. °C56756334544444566101083444
Feels °C (?)-1-2-2-7-5-4-5-5-5-4-3-101231205-13-11-9-8
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