Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 14 Mar 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
9.3° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 4AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Mar)5ft (1.6m)5s
Evening (15 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)988884567667666665555556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49353326312213435224421019216613612714413210585686558573221
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
3.92
8:51AM
4.14
9:23PM
4.37
9:38AM
4.59
10:03PM
4.86
10:16AM
5.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:27AM
1.89
2:56PM
1.54
3:22AM
1.49
3:43PM
1.08
4:05AM
1.05
4:23PM
0.64
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----6:15-------6:13-------6:09---
Sunset-------6:04-------6:05-------6:07
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C977889910877789999998891013
Feels °C (?)544432021-1-102222234234610
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