Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 04 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
8.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9AM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (04 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (04 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)3s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)88888834444441212121212111188612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)77666656877666655519186655
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
0
SE
5
ENE
5
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
5.80
12:12AM
5.90
12:26PM
5.83
12:45AM
5.88
12:59PM
5.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.34
6:03PM
0.10
6:22AM
0.26
6:36PM
0.12
6:54AM
0.30
7:08PM
0.25
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise--6:39-------6:37-------6:35-----
Sunset----5:45-------5:46-------5:49---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1010101213141413111010111314151413121012141298
Feels °C (?)666891010976671011131412106911853
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