Brighton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

G’day, Rusty here. Look, I don’t like to be the bearer of bad news, but the next 16 days for Brighton are a tough one. There’s no real surf to speak of on offer right now, and the pattern stays flat, weak, and mostly blown out for the whole stretch. There’s a gap of several days right from the start with no worthwhile waves.

For Tuesday, September 15th, it’s a no-go. Swell is a tiny 3 ft from the WSW with a short, weak 5-second period, and combined swell energy is a pathetic 29. That’s barely a ripple. On top of that, we’ve got a 12 mph cross-on wind making it choppy and messy. And the water is way warmer than normal – 67°F with an anomaly of +5°F, which is already notable.

Wednesday, September 16th morning cleans up a bit with a light cross-off NW wind at 12 mph, but the swell drops to a miserable 2 ft from the WSW, energy only 18. Really not worth paddling out. The afternoon gets even smaller – 0.7 ft.

Thursday, September 17th sees a spike in size – 5 ft from the WSW – but it’s a shocker. The wind is howling at 25 mph cross-on and the energy jumps to 160, so there’s some push, but it’s messy, lumpy, and dangerous for anyone but experts. Even then, the conditions are poor.

Friday, September 18th and Saturday, September 19th keep the same story: small, short-period swell (2 ft to 6 ft) blown out by fresh cross and cross-on winds. Energy levels bounce between 29 and 196, but the quality is zero.

Sunday, September 20th morning has a clean window with a light NNW cross-off breeze at 6 mph, but the swell is barely 2 ft with only 38 energy. Not worth getting excited about.

From Monday, September 21st through to Wednesday, September 30th, it’s a dead flat run. Swell heights drop to 0.3 ft or 1 ft, periods are all over the place (some long-period stuff like 12 to 15 seconds, but with almost no height), and combined energy is mostly in the single digits to low teens. There are clean mornings here and there with light offshore winds, but the wave size is non-existent. The only thing that might get your attention is the very long-period groundswell on the 27th and 28th – 14 and 15 seconds – but again, at 0.3 ft, it’s nothing.

Honestly, for a beach/pier setup like Brighton, this is a typical run of flat and sloppy conditions. It’s not unusual for the area to have a blank stretch like this. If the wind picks up strong on a few of those afternoons, it’d be more interesting for kite surfing than for paddle surfing, but I’d just save the energy.

Keep an eye on the forecasts – it tends not to stay this poor for long.

Rusty.

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