Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 3AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (09 Sep)1ft (0.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, light winds from the NW by Wed afternoon).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
5
1
W
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
WSW
5
0.7
W
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.3
WSW
8
0.7
SW
4
1
WSW
5
1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
52
102
104
112
94
52
35
25
15
68
53
53
37
37
13
13
44
50
Wind (km/h)
35
NW
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
10
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
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
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:29
7:25
 mm
5
Temp °C
16
18
15
14
13
12
14
17
17
17
17
15
15
15
16
16
17
17
17
Feels °C
9
12
9
8
8
7
9
13
13
14
14
11
12
13
11
11
12
12
12
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