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Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.4° 

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 (23 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Oct, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 8PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Oct)11ft (3.5m)8s
Afternoon (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (23 Oct)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 38mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri afternoon). Mainly gales.

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
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
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
WSW
9
2
WSW
8
3.5
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
10
3
WSW
9
2.4
W
6
2
W
5
1.5
WSW
8
1.3
WSW
8
1.7
WSW
6
3
SW
7
3.5
SW
8
4
SW
10
4.5
SW
10
3
SW
10
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
2.4
WSW
8
2.2
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
947
511
2322
2081
1445
390
234
291
204
223
879
1895
3212
4155
1946
1073
1014
919
751
604
353
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
50
WNW
65
WNW
65
WNW
60
WNW
50
WNW
40
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
40
WSW
55
SSW
65
SSW
60
WSW
55
W
50
W
55
W
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:58AM5.39m
10:16PM5.52m
10:37AM5.88m
10:55PM6.00m
11:15AM6.32m
Low Tide
4:11PM1.22m
4:29AM0.95m
4:53PM0.79m
5:10AM0.58m
5:32PM0.42m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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7:33
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7:35
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6:37
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5:52
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5:50
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4:47
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 mm
9
2
1
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1
3
8
6
6
2
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Temp °C
14
13
9
10
10
10
10
10
13
13
13
14
17
16
12
12
11
13
13
12
12
Feels °C
12
4
-5
-4
-3
-1
1
4
7
5
2
3
7
7
2
1
0
2
2
4
5
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