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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 GMT
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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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9AM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ESE
1
E
0.9
E
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
SW
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)44414131216151515151414135555555111218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)423627322855861162241931361021118847717958645544808493
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
35
E
35
E
15
E
0
NNW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
5.84
12:35AM
5.91
12:49PM
5.83
1:13AM
5.86
1:26PM
5.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.38
6:26PM
0.05
6:47AM
0.33
7:04PM
0.08
7:25AM
0.39
7:41PM
0.25
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise--7:33-------7:31-------7:30-----
Sunset----4:53-------4:55-------4:58---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-22342-1---------11---13
Temp. °C777778999889999888999999
Feels °C (?)-1-10366544323221001334222
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