Brighton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s have a look at what’s happening around Brighton over the next couple of weeks.

Honestly, mate, it’s a grim stretch for us. There isn’t a single good surf option on offer across the entire 16-day window. We’re looking at a blank run from Thursday the 2nd of July all the way through to Friday the 17th of July. That’s two full weeks with nothing worth paddling out for. The consistency is poor and the swell just isn’t showing up in any meaningful way.

The water temperature is sitting at 66°, which is a whopping 8° warmer than normal for this time of year so the water feels like a bath but there's no waves to enjoy it. The only spot we’ve got is Brighton itself (beach/pier), and the optimum swell direction is from the SW but when the odd bit of swell does try to push in, the conditions are ugly.

On Thursday the 2nd, we’ve got a 5ft WSW swell but the period is a short 6 seconds and the cross-shore wind is screaming at 19 mph, making for lumpy cross-chop. That’s a write-off. The combined energy is moderate at 154 but that means nothing with the wind ruining it. By Friday the 3rd, the swell drops to 1ft. It’s clean in the morning with a light cross-off breeze, but there’s no power behind it. Energy is a weak 11. The afternoon turns choppy on a 2ft wave with cross-on wind at 16 mph.

Saturday the 4th is laughable. 0.3ft swell in the morning and a 22 mph cross-on wind in the afternoon with a weak 4ft, period just 5 seconds – that setup would be more interesting for kite surfing than paddle surfing. The energy is weak (54) and the surface is lumpy.

Sunday the 5th through to Friday the 17th just keeps the story going: tiny swell, rarely hitting 3ft, and when it does the period is short and the wind is cross or cross-on. Monday the 6th, Tuesday the 7th, Wednesday the 8th all offer under 3ft of messy stuff. From Thursday the 9th onward, the swell all but vanishes with many rows showing zero combined energy. We see 0.3ft or 0.7ft days with offshore winds only occasionally, but the swell direction is often from the W or even ESE – not matching the optimum SW.

To put it bluntly, this is a proper dry spell for Brighton. The forecast might change – it tends not to stay this poor for long around here – but right now there’s nothing to get excited about. Stay tuned and keep an eye on the charts.

Rusty.

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