Brighton, Sussex tide times

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived.

Model-derived from a global ocean grid. Useful indication; expect about ±45 minutes on average vs. a local harmonic gauge, individual stations vary widely. See /methodology for per-region detail. Not for navigation.

Conditions as of 05:00 local time. Refreshes daily.

Predictions: Open-Meteo Marine (MeteoFrance SMOC, 0.08° grid) — heights relative to MSL (not chart datum / LAT). Model-derived. · Not for navigation.

The angler tradition for major/minor fishing windows: major ≈3-hour windows around moon transit and opposition; minor ≈2-hour windows around moonrise and moonset. Times are Europe/London local. Folk tradition, not a scientific forecast.

Next spring tide on Sun 17 May (range 5.9m / 19.5ft). Last neap on Sat 16 May. Next neap on Fri 22 May.

Spring tides cluster around new and full moons (biggest swings). Neap tides land on quarter moons (smallest swings). See the spring tide and neap tide glossary entries for the why.

Brighton sits on the central English Channel coast, the long shingle beach running from Hove east toward Saltdean under the chalk cliffs at Black Rock and Rottingdean. The tide here is moderate by Channel standards but sharper-edged than the open-coast resorts further west. Mean range at Brighton Marina is about 5.2 metres on the springs, dropping near 2.6 on neaps, with the typical mean range close to 4 metres. The pattern is semidiurnal, two highs and two lows of comparable size, twelve and a half hours apart. The shingle bank steepens fast under the swing — a metre of vertical change covers ten or fifteen metres of beach width, less than the gentle sands further along the Sussex coast at West Wittering or Camber. For pier walkers, paddle-board crews launching off Hove Lagoon, and the cold-water swimming groups that use the exposed concrete steps below the seafront, the timing matters more than the absolute height. The Palace Pier sits well clear of all but the highest spring tides; the older West Pier ruin further down stands in deeper water and is fully submerged most of the time. Predictions on this page come from Open-Meteo's gridded marine model — general-planning data, not navigation-grade. UK Hydrographic Office Admiralty TotalTide is the authoritative British tide product.