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Birling Gap Surf Forecast
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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?
The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 8PM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 6s |
| Evening (17 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Birling Gap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 374 | 296 | 238 | 182 | 137 | 118 | 114 | 110 | 82 | 62 | 34 | 39 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 24 | 24 | 37 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | glass | glass | glass | glass | off | glass | on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:53PM 4.79 | 9:35AM 4.97 | 10:00PM 5.16 | 10:29AM 5.40 | 10:48PM 5.57 | 11:12AM 5.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:45PM 1.93 | 3:25AM 1.66 | 3:59PM 1.64 | 4:28AM 1.30 | 4:54PM 1.27 | 5:15AM 0.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast
Wind reports 7 km away suggest it is still onshore at Birling Gap (light winds from the WSW at Willingdon wx). A 1.8m swell from the WSW
1 h 40 min ago
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