Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 22 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
17.3°C
2.5° 

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 (22 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 8AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (22 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales.

Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
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
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SW
8
3
SW
8
2.5
SW
9
2.2
SW
8
1.7
SW
8
1.4
SW
7
1.1
SW
7
1.5
SSW
5
2.4
SSW
6
3
SSW
8
4
S
8
5
SW
10
4
SW
11
4
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
2.5
W
6
2.1
W
6
1.7
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
6
2.5
SW
7
3.5
SW
8
4
SW
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
544
1256
1058
647
362
193
102
114
479
1111
1915
4269
3664
3484
2420
1642
452
281
392
214
191
716
1837
3168
Wind (km/h)
45
WSW
55
WSW
45
W
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
S
45
SSW
55
S
50
S
65
SSE
15
S
60
WNW
70
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
40
WSW
55
SSW
60
SSW
65
SW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:13AM4.89m
9:34PM5.02m
9:58AM5.39m
10:16PM5.52m
10:37AM5.88m
Low Tide
2:54AM1.76m
3:25PM1.66m
3:45AM1.36m
4:11PM1.22m
4:29AM0.95m
4:53PM0.79m
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light rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
light rain
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light rain
light rain
cloud
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cloud
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light rain
light rain
mod rain
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7:35
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5:53
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5:52
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4
5
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6
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15
Temp °C
13
14
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
12
15
12
10
9
10
9
10
10
13
13
13
14
16
Feels °C
4
3
4
7
7
10
9
6
4
4
0
13
1
-4
-5
-3
-2
0
2
7
5
2
3
5
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