Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 16 Feb 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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 10PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)--
Afternoon (16 Feb)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (16 Feb)6ft (1.9m)8s

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

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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
1
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.5
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.1
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)88888888139139125566551111101112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)612574492330250991136517544302423491151541731451234055697286
Wind
(km/h)
45
WNW
40
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NE
20
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
40
E
40
E
45
ESE
50
ESE
55
E
55
E
50
E
45
ENE
40
NE
40
NE
45
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:08PM
5.21
11:20AM
5.37
11:42PM
5.55
11:54AM
5.64
12:15AM
5.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
0.74
5:13AM
0.81
5:30PM
0.41
5:48AM
0.53
6:04PM
0.16
6:23AM
0.33
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise------7:09-------7:07-------7:05-
Sunset5:16-------5:19-------5:21-------
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------22---273521-
Temp. °C987753345545334455554335
Feels °C (?)-1-10-2-4-7-5-201-2-2-5-7-6-7-7-8-7-6-6-7-7-6
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