Brighton Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, this is Rusty. Let's get straight into it for Brighton. Honestly, for the next two weeks, it's looking like a real battle for anything decent. The whole 16-day window is filled with messy onshore winds and poor quality surf. We’re looking at a long stretch of nothing special here, so don't get your hopes up for any quick fixes. It's a bit of a write-off, to be honest.

We’ll start with Brighton. It’s a beach and pier setup, pretty exposed to the southwest, but it's inconsistent and gets crowded often. The water is running at 69.1°F, which is much warmer than normal for this time of year – that's a 6.3°F anomaly, so very unusual.

On Thursday the 27th, the surf is tiny at 1.3 ft from the SSW, with a weak period of 4 seconds. It's all onshore wind with a risk of thunderstorms, so forget it. That sets the tone. Friday the 28th is a bit bigger, maybe 2.0 ft, but the wind is a strong 25 mph cross-onshore in the afternoon, making a mess of 5.6 ft swell. The wave energy is moderate (195), but it’s just blown out. The weekend of the 29th and 30th is no better. Saturday brings 4.3 ft to 7.2 ft of swell, but the wind is howling at near gale force from the southwest, so the combined energy might hit 374, but it's all a messy, lumpy disaster. Sunday is the same story – strong cross-onshore wind and rain showers.

Monday the 31st is a bit of a tease. We get a clean 6.6 ft swell from the WSW with an 8-second period, and the wind is cross-shore at 22 mph. The wave energy is strong (464), but it's still classified as poor surf conditions with a lumpy cross-chop. It's just not clean. That continues into early September. Tuesday the 1st is a drop-off, Wednesday the 2nd has a brief moment of clean conditions with 1.3 ft swell and a light cross-offshore breeze, but the swell is tiny and weak (13). It’s surfable, but barely.

The real standout – if you can call it that – is Monday the 7th of September. That morning, we’ve got a clean 6.2 ft swell from the WSW with a 6-second period. The wind is light from the NNW, just a slight air, so it's clean. The wave energy is strong at 288. It’s the best we’ll see in this entire window. The size is borderline for beginners, though, at nearly 6.5 ft. But for an experienced surfer, that Monday morning is the only real option. It’s not perfect, but it’s the only clean window we get.

After that, it's back to small, weak, and windy. The whole second week is a write-off. There's a tiny pulse of 1.3 ft on Tuesday the 8th, but it's tiny and the wind is messy again. Then we’re into tiny, weak swells with periods as low as 3 seconds. There’s a 10-second period swell on Wednesday the 9th, but it’s only 0.3 ft, so it’s just a ripple. The whole 16 days is a grind, with a single decent-looking Monday morning.

Stay patient, and maybe keep an eye on that Monday the 7th. Until then, it’s a tough run.

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