Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
19.9°C
3.0° 

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 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the SW by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
SW
5
0.8
SW
5
0.9
WSW
5
1.2
W
5
1.3
W
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
WSW
6
0.3
SW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
SW
3
0.3
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
53
37
43
82
110
104
94
53
35
24
18
11
7
6
37
5
13
8
28
46
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
30
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
15
W
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:48AM4.69m
10:13PM4.91m
10:45AM5.16m
11:04PM5.33m
11:31AM5.57m
Low Tide
3:58PM1.22m
4:27AM0.80m
4:54PM0.83m
5:17AM0.43m
5:40PM0.49m
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
7:25
 mm
7
10
2
Temp °C
16
16
16
18
16
14
13
12
15
17
18
17
17
16
15
15
16
16
17
17
17
Feels °C
13
12
9
12
10
8
7
7
10
13
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
12
12
12
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