Brighton surf break

Brighton surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Brighton today?

The current surf forecast for Brighton at 10AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (03 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
SSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)661414141455566677612131515917678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)897681817411394133121157192110138141614760838092752225291044
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
45
S
25
NW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
NNW
10
SSW
25
S
40
S
50
SSE
55
S
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
5.48
9:50PM
5.53
10:12AM
5.77
10:39PM
5.82
10:59AM
5.95
11:27PM
5.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.61
3:32PM
0.39
3:54AM
0.39
4:21PM
0.15
4:44AM
0.25
5:10PM
0.01
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sat
06
Sunrise--7:41-------7:43-------7:43-----
Sunset----3:56-------3:56-------3:56---
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1-11--11-1124---------241
Temp. °C101010101010101010106898876679981012
Feels °C (?)55544332210444543442-1-3-14
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