Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 19 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
11.1° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.4
E
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
S
0.6
E
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010101010661010101010103971491431312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2918281726101044444444321424776
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
5
NW
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
6.19
1:21PM
6.14
1:40AM
6.13
2:03PM
6.01
2:23AM
5.90
2:48PM
5.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
-0.10
7:27PM
-0.00
7:49AM
-0.00
8:11PM
0.23
8:34AM
0.26
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---5:58-------5:56-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:01-------8:04
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1311989121313119879111110767710101110
Feels °C (?)97324910117542355421213222
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