Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.2° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 4AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Evening (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, near gales from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.8
NW
4
0.6
NW
4
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
0.8
W
4
1.5
WSW
5
1.8
WSW
6
2
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
7
2.5
SW
8
1.8
SW
8
1.5
WSW
8
1.3
WSW
7
1.2
W
7
1.1
W
6
1
W
6
1
WSW
5
1.1
W
5
0.9
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
18
111
233
346
418
682
799
408
270
181
126
88
64
53
61
53
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
45
W
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:28AM5.15m
10:47PM5.23m
11:10AM5.49m
11:28PM5.53m
11:47AM5.73m
Low Tide
4:10AM0.84m
4:36PM0.80m
4:55AM0.54m
5:18PM0.51m
5:35AM0.33m
5:55PM0.31m
clear
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Temp °C
10
9
9
10
13
15
15
13
13
15
16
17
17
17
17
13
13
12
12
12
14
16
13
13
Feels °C
3
2
2
3
7
9
11
7
6
7
9
10
10
9
10
6
6
5
5
5
6
8
6
7
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