Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
20.1°C
3.1° 

Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Brighton today (07 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12AM is: 0.3m 3s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Sep)--
Afternoon (07 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (07 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
8
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
16
0.8
WSW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
1
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
2
2
1
10
10
20
51
87
106
93
93
134
119
87
57
52
66
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
5
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WNW
20
WSW
35
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:29PM4.30m
8:27AM4.31m
9:04PM4.50m
9:48AM4.69m
Low Tide
1:20PM1.69m
2:08AM1.51m
2:47PM1.55m
3:25AM1.21m
3:58PM1.22m
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:35
7:32
7:30
 mm
5
5
1
Temp °C
21
22
24
22
21
18
18
19
19
18
18
17
16
15
16
15
18
18
15
Feels °C
18
20
22
21
21
16
16
16
15
14
13
12
12
11
11
11
13
10
8
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