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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 30 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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)3ft (0.9m)18s
Evening (31 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)18171712616161616161615151414141413131312111616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5284991754130227815529131038229129128421220316012512385835967604140
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
45
SSE
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
10
W
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
4.87
9:51AM
5.11
10:24PM
5.26
10:43AM
5.46
11:12PM
5.60
11:28AM
5.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.05
3:35AM
1.10
4:06PM
0.71
4:33AM
0.80
4:59PM
0.39
5:22AM
0.54
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise------7:37-------7:37-------7:35-
Sunset4:46-------4:49-------4:51-------
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-23----------111--------
Temp. °C9999888999999910999988899
Feels °C (?)201213334544456677654343
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