Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Brighton today (23 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | 11ft (3.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Brighton. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 52mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sunday 25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 8 | WSW 9 | SW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 627 | 851 | 1372 | 1169 | 799 | 2798 | 2554 | 1941 | 423 | 243 | 338 | 232 | 261 | 1070 | 2226 | 3746 | 3212 | 1735 | 808 | 810 | 809 | 727 | 527 | 344 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross |
High Tide | 10:03AM4.77m | 10:20PM4.86m | 10:42AM5.21m | 10:59PM5.29m | 11:19AM5.60m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:41AM1.17m | 4:07PM1.06m | 4:23AM0.79m | 4:47PM0.66m | 5:03AM0.45m | 5:25PM0.33m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | | |  |  |  | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:49 | — | — |
mm | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | -5 | -5 | -3 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | WSW 9 | SSW 8 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | N 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 449 | 844 | 214 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | S 8 | WSW 9 | SW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 6 | W 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 6 | SW 8 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 |
| kJ | 627 | 851 | 1372 | 1169 | 799 | 2798 | 2554 | 1941 | 423 | 243 | 338 | 232 | 261 | 1070 | 2226 | 3746 | 3212 | 1735 | 808 | 810 | 809 | 727 | 527 | 344 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 371 | 277 | 288 | 13 | 325 | 325 | 860 | 565 | 565 | 650 | 348 | 284 | 795 | 795 | 833 | 835 | 820 | 805 | 805 | 805 | 835 | 419 | 419 | 166 |
Best forecast wave conditions in South Coast of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Brighton surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest