Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.4°C
2.9° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (11 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Mon morning, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.9
W
6
0.5
WSW
5
0.3
WSW
7
0.4
SW
5
0.4
SW
5
0.1
W
10
0.8
SSW
4
1.1
SSW
5
1.4
SSW
5
1.6
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
1.5
SSW
6
1.3
SSW
6
0.9
SW
6
0.9
SW
5
0.4
SW
11
0.6
WSW
10
1.3
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
6
1.1
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
28
50
15
10
6
5
2
16
54
113
159
192
156
108
46
42
31
85
83
122
98
47
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
W
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
S
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:22PM5.84m
00:40AM5.78m
12:56PM5.82m
1:13AM5.73m
1:28PM5.69m
Low Tide
6:10AM0.24m
6:29PM0.23m
6:43AM0.26m
7:01PM0.27m
7:16AM0.39m
7:33PM0.42m
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cloud
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clear
part cloud
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cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
12
11
12
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
17
17
17
18
18
19
19
18
16
Feels °C
8
7
8
10
11
12
11
12
10
9
9
9
10
12
16
16
15
16
15
15
15
15
13
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