Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.8°C
2.5° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 11PM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Mon afternoon). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue night, light winds from the SE by Wed night).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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)
0.4
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.4
SW
7
0.6
E
3
0.6
ESE
4
0.5
E
3
0.2
W
11
0.2
W
11
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
SSE
4
0.4
S
4
0.8
S
4
1
S
4
1.3
S
5
1.6
SSW
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.6
SW
10
0.4
SW
9
0.4
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
15
14
7
10
5
9
9
5
5
4
18
38
88
148
95
57
31
40
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
30
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
25
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
30
S
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:17AM5.97m
1:36PM6.02m
1:55AM5.92m
2:14PM5.88m
Low Tide
7:06PM0.09m
7:23AM0.05m
7:42PM0.13m
8:00AM0.20m
8:21PM0.31m
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
6:56
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:58
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:45
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:44
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:40
—
—
 mm
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
2
—
—
1
2
1
—
—
—
Temp °C
18
15
16
16
17
17
18
20
21
21
20
21
21
20
19
19
18
18
18
Feels °C
16
13
13
12
15
15
15
18
20
20
19
19
18
15
16
17
15
17
17
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Brighton surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest