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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Birling Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
7.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 11AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a West direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Birling Gap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.4
WSW
1.3
SW
1.5
W
1.5
W
1.4
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.6
WSW
1.4
W
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.6
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
2.5
W
2.1
W
2.1
W
2
W
1.7
WNW
Period(s) (?)77766666666675681011666555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)883607169188167150804422141100786614345084334513193784412274252212143
Wind
(km/h)
60
SW
25
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
15
W
5
NW
5
SW
20
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSE
45
SSW
60
S
40
SW
75
WNW
70
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
6.22
2:10AM
6.16
2:27PM
5.89
2:53AM
5.84
3:10PM
5.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.63
8:19PM
0.49
8:43AM
0.86
9:01PM
0.79
9:27AM
1.13
9:43PM
1.13
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:58-----
Sunset----4:09-------4:12-------4:13---
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
46------1---355-22------
Temp. °C65355555555661010934455444
Feels °C (?)-7-1-5-3-3-3-11330311-21-14-11-9-7-7-8-7-7
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