Brighton Beach
Brooklyn, New York, United States40.575, -73.960Beach break · faces S (180°)
Spot guide
Brighton Beach is an S-facing beach break in Brooklyn, New York, United States. It picks up swell from E to S, and land, islands, reefs or shallow banks block about 60% of the directions it faces. Offshore wind here blows from the N: light winds or N breezes usually mean the cleanest surf, while S onshores chop it up.
- Break
- Beach
- Faces
- S (180°)
- Best swell
- SE to S (140°–181°), 9 s or longer
- Best wind
- NW to NE offshore, or glassy
- Best surf height
- 3–6 ft at the beach
- Swell window
- E to S (89° to 180.5°)
- Offshore wind
- N
- Tide
- NOAA station 8517741
- Wave buoy
- New York Harbor Entrance - 15 NM SE of Breezy Point , NY · 32 km away
- Cams
- 1 (1 plays here)
Cams at Brighton Beach
- Brighton Beach (CIBBOWS) · CIBBOWS · plays here
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