Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
9.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (12 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
WSW
0.9
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)766667788898886676151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12011392165295483708108912681636137383348533518112020058363433333231
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
25
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
60
SSW
65
SSW
45
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
4.04
4:50PM
3.79
5:31AM
3.75
6:42PM
3.65
7:35AM
3.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
1.94
11:02AM
2.04
11:40PM
2.18
12:32PM
2.12
1:12AM
2.16
1:55PM
1.92
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise----6:22-------6:18-------6:16---
Sunset------5:59--------6:00-------6:01
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------52------------
Temp. °C98999101110111188787765434898
Feels °C (?)4221000-2-1-1-20000310-1-2-2122
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