Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.8°C
3.2° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5PM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Evening (08 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NW by Sat night).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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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Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
7
0.5
W
3
1
WSW
4
1.9
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
7
2
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
2.4
WSW
8
1.9
WSW
8
1.5
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
7
1.2
WSW
6
1.3
W
6
1.2
W
6
1.2
W
5
1.2
WSW
6
1.1
W
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
1
1
1
0
38
225
378
356
430
800
753
454
263
183
123
110
94
85
94
77
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
W
35
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
40
W
45
WSW
55
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:28AM5.15m
10:47PM5.23m
11:10AM5.49m
11:28PM5.53m
11:47AM5.73m
Low Tide
4:36PM0.80m
4:55AM0.54m
5:18PM0.51m
5:35AM0.33m
5:55PM0.31m
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6:19
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Temp °C
9
13
15
14
14
13
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17
17
17
17
16
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13
12
11
12
13
15
13
13
Feels °C
2
6
9
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8
6
7
11
10
10
8
8
7
6
5
5
5
6
7
5
7
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