Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 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
11.6° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 9AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (22 Apr)--
Evening (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
ENE
0.1
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121214444410104433312111010999111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)638171718022010075444831351918
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
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
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:08AM
5.53
3:36PM
5.31
3:59AM
5.07
4:32PM
4.84
4:59AM
4.61
5:42PM
4.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59PM
0.58
9:25AM
0.63
9:54PM
1.01
10:25AM
1.03
11:02PM
1.41
11:40AM
1.36
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---5:52-------5:50-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:07-------8:08
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C899810121311101111101113131198879131412
Feels °C (?)021124644654566522224897
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