Birling Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
20.2°C
3.2° 

Birling Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 8PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Wed night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
SW
5
0.8
SW
5
0.9
WSW
5
1.2
W
5
1.3
W
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.7
W
6
0.6
W
6
0.5
WSW
6
0.3
SW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
8
0.5
WSW
8
0.5
SW
3
0.3
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
53
37
43
82
110
104
94
53
35
24
18
11
7
6
37
5
13
8
28
46
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
30
WSW
30
NW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:40AM5.26m
10:05PM5.50m
10:37AM5.76m
10:57PM5.97m
11:24AM6.22m
Low Tide
4:05PM1.38m
4:35AM0.97m
5:03PM0.95m
5:26AM0.56m
5:50PM0.57m
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:22
6:24
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:30
7:28
7:24
 mm
6
9
4
Temp °C
16
17
16
18
16
14
13
12
15
17
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
11
14
10
8
8
7
10
12
14
14
15
14
14
14
12
14
12
13
13
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