Brighton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright folks, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what’s on the menu for the next couple of weeks.

Truth be told, it's a pretty quiet spell for Brighton. We’ve got a long stretch of barely-there surf and onshore winds blocking any real quality. If you’re desperate for a session, you’ll have to pick your moment very carefully, but honestly, there’s nothing here that’s going to get the heart pumping.

The first sliver of hope shows up on the 4th of August, Tuesday morning. We’ll see a 3 ft swell from the WSW, but with a short, weak period of 4 seconds and combined energy of just 31, it’s lacking any real punch. And the wind is a cross-onshore, making for choppy, bumpy conditions. It’s really not worth paddling out for.

The next morning, Wednesday the 5th, we get a little more size – 4 ft from the SW – but again, the period is short and the wind is howling cross-onshore at 16 mph. The energy climbs to 51, but it’s still messy. That afternoon, the swell pushes up to 5 ft with a 6-second period, and the combined energy hits 123, which is moderate. The problem is the wind is up to 22 mph from the WSW (cross-on), making it lumpy and difficult. It’s starting to look more like a day for the kite surfers than a clean paddle session.

Thursday the 6th offers a bit of a reprieve in the morning. The swell drops back to 3 ft from the WSW, but we get a clean cross-shore wind from the W at 9 mph. The waves will be small, but at least the surface will be cleaner. The 6-second period and 38 energy won’t give you much drive, though.

The best window, if you can call it that, comes on Monday the 10th of August. The morning sees a 1 ft swell from the WSW, but the wind is offshore from the N at 12 mph, creating clean, smooth conditions. The energy is a feeble 6, so don’t expect any power. That afternoon, the swell jumps to 4 ft from the WSW, but the wind swings cross-shore from the E at 6 mph, so the surface stays reasonably tidy. The swell period is a short 4 seconds and the energy is 44, so it’ll be weak and crumbly, but with a little more size to play with.

After that, it’s back to tiny, wind-affected leftovers all the way through to the 17th of August. The water temperature is about average for the time of year, so no need for a thick wetsuit just yet.

Honestly, there’s no standout day here. If you’ve got the itch, Monday the 10th offers the best compromise between size and clean conditions. But don’t expect much.

Rusty.

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