Surf Forecasts:
Brighton surf forecast from 30 Jul 2026:
- Most powerful swell: Friday 31 Jul, 7PM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period, WSW swell with 91 kJ wave energy.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Brighton this week:
The most powerful waves expected at Brighton in the next 16 days are 1.4m 5s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Jul 31) at 7PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-shore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 0.8m 4s period and expected on Tuesday (Aug 04) at 4AM.
| Wave Type | Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | - | - |
| Best Surf | - | - |
| Most Powerful | 7PM (Fri 31st Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 5s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Brighton over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, grab a coffee and listen up. Rusty here, with a look at what’s coming our way. I’ll be straight with you – it’s a grim stretch ahead for our local wave pool. We’re looking at a solid 16-day window, but it’s a whole lot of nothing for most of it. You won’t want to be checking the surf cams daily because there’s a massive gap with nothing worth paddling out for.
Here’s the reality: there are no good surf options in the 16-day window. Not a single day pops out as a decent wave. The forecast is pretty well locked in for this kind of flat spell. It’s one of those times where the ocean just takes a deep breath and doesn’t give us anything back.
Let’s run through the dates, just so you can see the story.
It starts off flat on Thursday, July 30th with a tiny 1 ft from the WSW. The wind is a cross-shore W at 9 mph, but the combined energy is a laughable 9, which is weak as dishwater. It’s just messy and useless.
Friday the 31st looks clean in the morning with a moderate offshore breeze from the NNW at 12 mph, but the swell is a pathetic 1.0 ft. It’s flat. The afternoon goes lumpy again.
Saturday, August 1st, is clean and glassy in the morning with a light offshore, but the swell is only 0.7 ft. You’d be bobbing around waiting for nothing.
From Sunday, August 2nd, right through to Thursday, August 14th, the story doesn’t change. We get waves that are tiny, with combined energy figures all in the single digits or low teens (like 2, 3, 4, 7, 11). Most days the swell height sits at 0.3 ft or 0.7 ft. The wind direction chops around from SE to NNE, but it doesn’t matter because there’s no energy to work with. The water here is mostly about average for the time of year, nothing weird happening there.
For Brighton (a beach/pier setup), there is no session worth chasing. It’s inconsistent at the best of times anyway, so this kind of dead run is more the norm. Don’t hold your breath for a change – the pattern is set.
That’s it, folks. Crack a cold one, wax your longboard for the next real swell, and wait. This one’s a write-off.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sat night, fresh winds from the NE by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 30 | Friday 31 | Saturday 1 | Sunday 2 | Monday 3 | Tuesday 4 | Wednesday 5 | |||||||||||||||
AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | AM | PM | Night | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | W 11 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 9 | SW 8 | W 11 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 7 |
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 kJ | 7 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-off | cross-on | on | on |
High Tide | 12:49PM5.23m | 1:00AM5.31m | 1:23PM5.39m | 1:33AM5.41m | 1:56PM5.50m | 2:07AM5.44m | 2:29PM5.53m | 2:41AM5.41m | 3:04PM5.48m | 3:18AM5.30m | 3:42PM5.35m | 3:59AM5.11m | 4:25PM5.15m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 6:36AM0.71m | 6:54PM0.87m | 7:11AM0.54m | 7:29PM0.75m | 7:45AM0.44m | 8:04PM0.69m | 8:19AM0.43m | 8:39PM0.70m | 8:53AM0.50m | 9:15PM0.77m | 9:30AM0.64m | 9:56PM0.91m | 10:13AM0.86m | 10:44PM1.09m | |||||||
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 | 5:22 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:26 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — |
 | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:44 | — | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:40 | — | — | 8:39 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
Feels °C | 17 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | — | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | W 10 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 7 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — | 23 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 4 | SW 9 | SW 9 | — | W 11 | — | — | — | — | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | W 4 | NNW 3 | WSW 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | WSW 4 | — | — | ESE 2 | ENE 3 | NE 3 | E 3 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 2 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | ENE 3 | NE 3 |
| kJ | 7 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 17 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 431 | 447 | 428 | 387 | 122 | 406 | 506 | 406 | 385 | 406 | 360 | 294 | 129 | 158 | 84 | 84 | 151 | 126 | 506 | 119 | 74 |
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