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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
SW
1.1
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)16161216151414566519171767716161516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)260314932451391309790121865396505505414728474310287559302287269212
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSE
45
SE
30
SSE
50
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27AM
4.54
8:16PM
4.52
8:48AM
4.77
9:28PM
4.87
9:51AM
5.11
10:24PM
5.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
1.47
1:53PM
1.31
2:26AM
1.36
3:05PM
1.05
3:35AM
1.10
4:06PM
0.71
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:41-------7:39-------7:37-----
Sunset----4:45-------4:46-------4:49---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------3211-21---11111-
Temp. °C777788888999999899999999
Feels °C (?)321021101332102-312121245
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