Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 02 Feb 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
8.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (02 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (02 Feb)3ft (0.9m)4s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.9
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1616161644444101316161515151514141313555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21412539382735342718657041871161131101041301118861555761
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
35
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
ENE
30
E
15
ENE
0
WSW
20
WSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
5.71
11:55PM
5.82
12:10PM
5.84
12:35AM
5.91
12:49PM
5.83
1:13AM
5.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
0.16
6:07AM
0.38
6:26PM
0.05
6:47AM
0.33
7:04PM
0.08
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise7:35-------7:33-------7:31-------
Sunset--4:52-------4:53-------4:55-----
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------22221-----------
Temp. °C888888767779999888998877
Feels °C (?)321100-1-203643343323211-1-1
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