Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 06 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
11.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 1PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (06 Dec)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (06 Dec)7ft (2.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.2
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
0.7
WSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)888999887156788876566661918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106097910261147128312016823712052091844378441082701331151133190221167118142211
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
35
W
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
35
S
40
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:46AM
6.00
12:14AM
5.97
12:32PM
5.90
1:01AM
5.83
1:19PM
5.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33AM
0.23
5:58PM
0.01
6:23AM
0.32
6:47PM
0.13
7:13AM
0.52
7:38PM
0.35
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
Sunrise--7:46-------7:47-------7:48-----
Sunset----3:55-------3:55-------3:55---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2211-1--11323-----1231--
Temp. °C121211111111111112121213131312121212141211111212
Feels °C (?)321112357656554777967887
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