Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Brighton today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 4s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 4s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Brighton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 8 | W 3 | SW 9 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 24 | 34 | 55 | 42 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 74 | 160 | 237 | 216 | 144 | 96 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:32PM5.57m | 2:48AM5.35m | 3:04PM5.22m | 3:22AM4.97m | 3:38PM4.83m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:40PM0.61m | 8:55AM0.78m | 9:14PM0.96m | 9:30AM1.17m | 9:52PM1.35m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:10 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
Feels °C | 17 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 8 | W 11 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 8 | SW 11 | SW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 2 | — | 42 | 42 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | NW 3 | — | NW 3 | NW 3 | W 5 | W 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 24 | 34 | 55 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 26 | 74 | 160 | 237 | 216 | 144 | 96 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 431 | 1302 | 272 | 257 | 271 | 103 | 84 | 80 | 74 | 103 | 284 | 250 | 348 | 348 | 479 | 538 | 431 | 419 | 419 |
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