Birling Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 15 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
19.8°C
3.0° 

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 (15 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 9AM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Afternoon (15 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (15 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Mon night, strong winds from the WSW by Thu morning).

Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
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
0
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)
0.2
W
9
0.4
WSW
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
5
1
W
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
6
0.6
WSW
6
0.4
WSW
8
0.6
W
4
0.5
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.7
W
4
0.9
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
5
1.5
WSW
6
1.8
SW
6
2
SW
7
1.6
SW
7
1.3
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7
7
7
8
24
29
42
74
62
43
36
24
21
9
9
10
17
30
57
134
237
342
230
122
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
W
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
25
WNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:10AM6.38m
2:27PM6.29m
2:44AM6.04m
3:01PM5.90m
3:19AM5.62m
3:36PM5.45m
Low Tide
8:30AM0.51m
8:49PM0.68m
9:03AM0.86m
9:23PM1.05m
9:39AM1.26m
10:00PM1.45m
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part cloud
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:35
6:35
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:14
7:12
7:09
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
19
19
20
16
15
14
13
14
17
17
18
17
15
15
16
18
17
17
18
15
Feels °C
18
18
17
16
16
17
14
11
11
10
10
10
13
13
14
13
11
10
11
12
10
12
13
9
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