Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12AM is: 0.7m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
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 (?)
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
1.5
SSW
2.3
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
WSW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)66778141115568888991010888161414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148867647502519491118389106377079611101242173522381658885602362171183113
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
15
S
35
S
45
S
55
SSE
60
SW
50
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
50
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
25
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
5.82
10:59AM
5.95
11:27PM
5.97
11:46AM
6.00
12:14AM
5.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:21PM
0.15
4:44AM
0.25
5:10PM
0.01
5:33AM
0.23
5:58PM
0.01
6:23AM
0.32
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise------7:43-------7:46-------7:47-
Sunset3:56-------3:56-------3:55-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------662211111----13
Temp. °C9987789101081212111111121211111111111112
Feels °C (?)344445420-402001121236666
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