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Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
7.6° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
S
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)81212121211111111845678887666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6792901141106360582417251233146178931001661384209202228210210146
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
5
E
15
SE
25
SSE
35
S
45
S
50
S
55
S
55
S
50
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41AM
4.85
3:58PM
4.51
4:27AM
4.53
4:49PM
4.19
5:21AM
4.25
5:53PM
3.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
1.33
10:24PM
1.34
10:58AM
1.56
11:17PM
1.62
11:55AM
1.74
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:58-----
Sunset----4:15-------4:16-------4:17---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1112---11---
Temp. °C421233322456678111110101011101010
Feels °C (?)-5-7-7-5-4-3-1-2-3-3-3-4-5-5-3153355455
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