Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 13 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
9.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)--
Afternoon (13 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (13 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)66676714149998888456777775
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30320914523283653532705249352617312511331726929828926119790
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SW
40
SW
45
WSW
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
3.65
7:35AM
3.79
8:29PM
3.92
8:51AM
4.14
9:23PM
4.37
9:38AM
4.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
2.12
1:12AM
2.16
1:55PM
1.92
2:27AM
1.89
2:56PM
1.54
3:22AM
1.49
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise------6:16-------6:15-------6:13-
Sunset-6:00-------6:01-------6:04------
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C8865446899776789910776679
Feels °C (?)-11-1-1-1-2024533323201-1-3-3-2-12
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