Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 02 Mar 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
8.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 3PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)6611111111111010101410131388812121134413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1241045977584192504916322827167766555557
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
15
S
5
S
5
S
0
SSE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
20
E
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
5.34
10:59PM
5.54
11:14AM
5.63
11:37PM
5.79
11:51AM
5.80
12:12AM
5.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47PM
0.46
5:09AM
0.55
5:27PM
0.22
5:47AM
0.34
6:03PM
0.10
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise6:43-------6:41-------6:39-------
Sunset--5:42-------5:43-------5:45-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9101112131313111111129999991112131412109
Feels °C (?)34710121311877844455578910865
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