Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
19.9°C
3.0° 

Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Brighton today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (09 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
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
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
W
6
0.4
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.5
SW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
3
0.8
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
1.2
SW
5
1.4
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
1
WSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SW
4
0.8
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
95
60
53
34
24
17
27
7
17
32
6
7
19
32
48
76
114
116
125
82
33
16
90
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
N
0
SSW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
10:45AM5.16m
11:04PM5.33m
11:31AM5.57m
11:48PM5.67m
12:12PM5.86m
Low Tide
4:27AM0.80m
4:54PM0.83m
5:17AM0.43m
5:40PM0.49m
5:59AM0.15m
6:21PM0.25m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:29
7:25
7:23
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
15
17
18
17
17
16
15
15
16
16
16
17
17
16
17
17
17
19
20
20
20
Feels °C
9
8
11
13
15
15
16
13
13
12
12
11
11
13
13
12
13
15
15
17
17
17
18
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