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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK
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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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Birling Gap today (01 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jun, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 5AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am June 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Jun) | 1ft (0.3m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (01 Jun) | 1ft (0.3m) | 11s |
| Evening (01 Jun) | 1ft (0.3m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Birling Gap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Mon night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, strong winds from the SW by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
W 5 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | |
55 | 31 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 39 | 59 | 166 | 159 | 136 | 122 | 138 | 101 | 124 | 310 | 384 | 410 | 436 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | |
High Tide | 00:18AM5.84m | 12:39PM5.83m | 00:53AM5.85m | 1:14PM5.81m | 1:28AM5.79m | 1:50PM5.74m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:37AM0.91m | 6:54PM1.07m | 7:14AM0.92m | 7:32PM1.11m | 7:52AM0.98m | 8:11PM1.21m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 9:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9:04 | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 11 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
14 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 4 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
34 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | — | — | — | — | SW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 5 | — | — | WSW 5 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 4 | — | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 |
55 | — | — | 17 | 11 | 11 | 8 | — | 10 | 21 | 45 | 39 | 59 | 166 | 159 | 136 | 122 | 138 | 101 | 124 | 310 | 384 | 410 | 436 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 20 | 20 | 92 | 112 | 112 | 112 | 114 | 109 | 114 | 166 | 219 | 92 | 356 | 585 | 398 | 153 | 92 | 332 | 286 | 671 | 662 | 639 | 639 | 662 |
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