Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 GMT
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Brighton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Brighton sea temperature is
12.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 7PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (27 Nov)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (27 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.4
SW
1.7
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
WSW
2.2
W
2.5
W
Period(s) (?)6666767651867777767777666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)178212275325335224222874781189342412302211164182479505436308225366483
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
35
SW
45
WSW
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
40
SSW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:21PM
4.45
3:58AM
4.47
4:20PM
4.30
5:02AM
4.43
5:30PM
4.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:25AM
1.63
9:52PM
1.45
10:32AM
1.69
11:00PM
1.47
11:43AM
1.61
12:07AM
1.36
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Sunrise7:33-------7:35-------7:35-------
Sunset--4:00-------4:00-------3:59-----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1----------11123121-
Temp. °C1313131313131110111213111010121111121176654
Feels °C (?)76666776654323632230-2-3-4-5
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