Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 2AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (20 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.8
E
1
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)106610101010101099914914141312121214444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1044444444322424776668182923
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NE
35
ENE
35
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21PM
6.14
1:40AM
6.13
2:03PM
6.01
2:23AM
5.90
2:48PM
5.72
3:08AM
5.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
-0.00
7:49AM
-0.00
8:11PM
0.23
8:34AM
0.26
8:59PM
0.58
9:25AM
0.63
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:54-------5:52--
Sunset-8:00-------8:01-------8:04------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C13131098681110107777911111081098910
Feels °C (?)9106541255512211322021001
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