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Brighton - West Pier Seasonal Surf Averages
Swell Consistency and Wind Overview
This graph shows the percentage of days that had a ridable wind swell (7 seconds period or more) or groundswell (10 seconds period or more) of over 3ft. It also shows the dominant wind direction. Not all of these days will neccessarily give great surf, and very short lived wind swells or longer period secondary swells may produce surf not recorded, but it gives a clear idea of the seasonal trend and a rough guide to the chances of scoring something ridable.
Monthly Overview
Understanding this DataThese swell averages are calculated ONLY on swells of more than 7 seconds period. This means this is the average height of a swell that's likely to produce ridable surf NOT an average of every wave heading toward the beach in a month. Likewise the period is the average period OVER 7 seconds. There will be days that have short period wind swells that won't produce and ridable swell and these are excluded from the averages. The consistency figure gives the percentage of days that meet this condition. For example if the consistency is 50% you could expect the 'average' swell for about 15 days in the month. Of course an average tells only part of the story. A combination of very large and very small swells may produce the same average as a consistent medium sized swell. |
Monthly DataJanuaryFebruary March April May June July August September October November December Nearby SpotsShorehamTidemills Birling Gap Littlehampton Eastbourne Bracklesham Bay Hastings East Wittering West Wittering Hayling Island Camber Sands Southend on Sea Etretat Vaucottes Yport Petites Dalles Isle of Wight - Compton Sainte Adresse Folkestone Isle of Wight - Freshwater Trouville Highcliffe Southbourne Broadstairs - Viking Bay Joss Bay Boscombe Bournemouth Cap Gris-Nez Wimereux Walton-on-the-Naze L'Anse du Brick Collignon Kimmeridge Calais Siouville Dielette Le Rozel Surtainville Hatainville Corblets Bay Southwold Skegness Lowestoft Sutton on Sea East Runton Cromer Gorleston Greve de Lecq - Jersey Great Yarmouth Mundesley Plemont Bay - Jersey Bacton Walcott St Brelades - Jersey Secrets - Jersey Stinky Bay - Jersey Jersey Les Brayes - Jersey La Rocco - Jersey Petite Port - Jersey Fort Le Marchant - Guernsey L'Ancresse Bay - Guernsey De Panne Portinfer - Guernsey Lyme Regis Vazon Bay - Beach - Guernsey Oostduinkerke Perelle Bay - Dom Hue - Guernsey Plage du Sillon (St Malo) Withernsea |