Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 20 Nov 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
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)0.5ft (0.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
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
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
NW
0.6
NW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1
S
0.8
WSW
Period(s) (?)111144131312121212121111151514144566767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23003336555555988251492703982826962
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
15
SW
30
SW
40
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
30
W
20
WNW
10
W
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
5.31
11:22PM
5.29
11:35AM
5.34
11:55PM
5.31
12:07PM
5.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.82
5:05PM
0.66
5:21AM
0.79
5:38PM
0.65
5:54AM
0.83
6:12PM
0.72
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise--7:22-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset----4:07-------4:06-------4:05---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1113333233455557998810889
Feels °C (?)-7-7-6-4-5-4-4-5-5-5-3-101221-1-3-43355
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