Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 11 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
10.7° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Afternoon (11 Apr)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (11 Apr)8ft (2.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
SW
1.7
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)14845567878876161666613138888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2081951801754446146588396764622802152151048149282744343317
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
S
45
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
50
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
3.85
6:47PM
3.80
7:30AM
3.82
8:30PM
3.99
8:59AM
4.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
2.11
12:52PM
2.00
1:35AM
2.08
2:10PM
1.82
2:46AM
1.80
3:11PM
1.47
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:15-------6:13-------6:11----
Sunset-------7:47-------7:49-------7:51
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------11-----22---
Temp. °C9111111999999999101010999668910
Feels °C (?)46440-1-2-1-2-1-10133556633567
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