Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 11 Feb 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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (12 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)15s

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

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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
1.2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413138815141413131313121212121111131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17918732232317345844731425824823414414033023518111889694533263261
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
N
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
35
W
40
W
30
W
25
W
15
W
5
WNW
0
NE
10
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
40
NNE
35
NNE
35
N
30
N
25
N
20
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39AM
3.82
7:44PM
3.74
8:21AM
3.95
9:04PM
4.02
9:24AM
4.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
2.10
1:14PM
2.03
1:47AM
2.07
2:29PM
1.85
2:56AM
1.84
3:28PM
1.51
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----7:18-------7:16-------7:15---
Sunset------5:09-------5:12-------5:14-
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
311------1--------------
Temp. °C989899998887788754322455
Feels °C (?)544342122466432-1-4-5-6-7-6-3-10
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