Brighton Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.80° N 0.06° W)

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Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 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 19.6° C
(Which is 2.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 12AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (22 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	7s
Evening (22 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	W	W	W	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	ESE	E	SW	SW	SW	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	6	13	13	12	12	12	3	3	3	3	4	10	10	10	3	3	9	9	9	3
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2	1	2	1	1	8	9	8	9	11	9	8	11	9	14	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	5
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	N	NNE	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				11:08PM 5.06				11:36AM 5.22				11:52PM 5.35				12:17PM 5.49				12:31AM 5.55				12:54PM 5.66
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 1.14				5:22AM 0.76				5:45PM 0.86				6:05AM 0.50				6:26PM 0.64				6:43AM 0.33

	Thursday 21			Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	16	14	13	12	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	19	18	18	16	15	14	14	17	19
Feels °C (?)	15	17	12	11	10	9	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	17	15	15	12	11	10	11	13	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Calm condsitions have become offshore at Brighton (light winds from the N at Brighton Marina Village wx 3 km from Brighton). 0.1m 6s windswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.
26 minutes ago Brighton

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Actual: 26 min ago

11 km/h

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