Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 10 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 6AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)55666141414144455677787776615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46424534273333322012254154168380543698884535408312228146125
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
15
N
5
NE
15
S
15
S
20
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
S
40
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:44AM
4.12
5:19PM
3.94
5:51AM
3.85
6:47PM
3.80
7:30AM
3.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.90
11:26AM
1.93
12:07AM
2.11
12:52PM
2.00
1:35AM
2.08
2:10PM
1.82
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise---6:16-------6:15-------6:13----
Sunset-------7:45-------7:47-------7:49
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------111--
Temp. °C1087667899101011109999999991010
Feels °C (?)4002434433352-2-1-1-1-1011245
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