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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 8AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (24 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
2.2
SSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.2
S
1
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)16167141466661716141414661716161514141312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)532604435459308245194170229232377297277128896829335734422720314710373
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
35
SSE
35
SE
45
SE
40
SSE
30
SSE
20
S
25
S
40
SE
35
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
5.50
2:40PM
5.29
3:06AM
5.33
3:25PM
5.06
3:53AM
5.09
4:16PM
4.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:14PM
0.45
8:38AM
0.77
8:55PM
0.63
9:23AM
0.93
9:42PM
0.88
10:16AM
1.14
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----7:47-------7:46-------7:45---
Sunset------4:37-------4:37-------4:39-
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1---1-1-------
Temp. °C888878898888877888777888
Feels °C (?)-2-1-10-2-10-1-1132-1-10345443433
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