Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 10 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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the S by Mon morning).

Sat
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
W
6
1.3
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
1.2
W
6
1.2
W
6
1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.8
W
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
WSW
5
0.4
WSW
5
0.4
SW
5
0.5
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
1.1
SSW
5
1.3
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
6
1.8
SSW
6
1.7
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
127
113
101
98
94
66
50
33
20
14
9
5
6
16
52
86
143
233
262
230
147
Wind (km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:47AM5.73m
00:05AM5.71m
12:22PM5.84m
00:40AM5.78m
12:56PM5.82m
Low Tide
5:55PM0.31m
6:10AM0.24m
6:29PM0.23m
6:43AM0.26m
7:01PM0.27m
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Temp °C
13
14
14
14
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
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16
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
Feels °C
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
9
11
11
13
13
11
10
10
11
11
13
16
16
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