Brighton Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.80° N 0.06° W

Brighton 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Brighton sea temperature is
18.7°C
2.8° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 5PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Afternoon (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)9s
Evening (04 Oct)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
W
9
0.2
W
9
0.2
W
9
0.2
W
8
0.2
W
8
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
SW
6
0.1
W
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.1
SW
6
0.1
SW
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
8
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8
6
6
6
6
5
4
4
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
5:46PM4.35m
6:40AM4.24m
7:24PM4.22m
8:23AM4.36m
8:56PM4.46m
Low Tide
11:48AM1.64m
00:35AM1.56m
1:21PM1.72m
2:02AM1.47m
2:43PM1.51m
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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6:28
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Temp °C
16
17
18
17
17
17
16
15
16
16
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
18
19
18
17
Feels °C
16
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
16
14
16
16
17
17
17
15
16
18
19
18
16
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