Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 03 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 3AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (04 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
S
2
S
1.6
S
2
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)14566667766131415165677778789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)681051261583051814051981096261747940084215627726405416446507804808
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
S
30
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
WNW
30
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
0
SW
10
SSW
25
S
40
S
50
S
60
S
45
SW
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
5.53
10:12AM
5.77
10:39PM
5.82
10:59AM
5.95
11:27PM
5.97
11:46AM
6.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.15
4:44AM
0.25
5:10PM
0.01
5:33AM
0.23
5:58PM
0.01
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise----7:43-------7:43-------7:46---
Sunset------3:56-------3:56-------3:55-
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1--23---------1711111--
Temp. °C10101099898876671098912121111111111
Feels °C (?)3231-1-223543433-1-3-33211112
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