Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 28 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
8.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 10AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Evening (28 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)17s

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

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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131217171717161612161514145665181717177
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2081681341071041453542772602579312217813097741219764128362510354721
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
ESE
15
ENE
10
ESE
15
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
35
SE
35
SSE
50
S
55
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
4.57
6:46PM
4.38
7:27AM
4.54
8:16PM
4.52
8:48AM
4.77
9:28PM
4.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
1.40
1:09AM
1.47
1:53PM
1.31
2:26AM
1.36
3:05PM
1.05
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise--7:41-------7:41-------7:39-----
Sunset----4:44-------4:45-------4:46---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------3311-42-
Temp. °C888888876677778888999999
Feels °C (?)4455566522311111134321-2-3
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