Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 26 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
20.7°C
3.6° 

Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Brighton today (26 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 3s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 3s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8PM is: 0.1m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Aug)1ft (0.3m)3s
Afternoon (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)9s
Evening (26 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Wed
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSW
3
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
8
0.3
E
3
0.6
SE
4
0.4
SE
3
0.7
SSW
3
0.8
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.4
SW
4
0.2
WSW
8
0.3
SW
3
0.5
WSW
3
0.9
WSW
4
1.4
WSW
5
2.1
SW
6
2.3
SW
7
2.3
SW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
8
3
10
20
10
5
6
2
7
26
98
356
558
554
Wind (km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
E
25
E
20
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
WSW
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
W
10
SW
10
W
25
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:18AM4.75m
11:29PM4.93m
11:52AM5.11m
00:03AM5.25m
12:24PM5.42m
Low Tide
5:16PM1.21m
5:36AM0.83m
5:54PM0.89m
6:11AM0.52m
6:29PM0.62m
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6:03
6:05
6:05
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7:59
7:57
7:54
 mm
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
20
20
22
21
20
20
18
19
19
20
19
19
18
18
17
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
21
19
20
21
19
18
20
18
21
18
18
17
18
17
17
16
16
14
13
12
13
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