Birling Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
20.8°C
3.6° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 3AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (28 Aug)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (28 Aug)6ft (1.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.5
SW
4
0.7
WSW
4
1.1
WSW
4
1.7
WSW
6
2
WSW
6
1.9
SW
7
1.9
SW
7
1.9
SW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.3
SW
6
1.6
SSW
5
2.3
SW
6
3.5
SW
8
3
SW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
10
10
14
12
7
11
47
178
293
322
322
287
157
111
135
413
1364
1482
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
55
WSW
50
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
11:58PM5.90m
12:18PM6.10m
00:31AM6.21m
12:51PM6.39m
Low Tide
6:03PM1.01m
6:20AM0.65m
6:39PM0.71m
6:54AM0.40m
7:13PM0.51m
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light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
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cloud
clear
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light rain
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:55
7:53
7:52
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
Temp °C
21
19
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
18
18
Feels °C
20
17
17
15
16
16
16
14
13
12
12
13
13
14
14
12
10
9
10
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