Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
14.4°C
1.4° 

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 (11 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 1PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 11). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (11 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (11 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Wed morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu morning, light winds from the ENE by Fri night).

Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
13
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
11
0.4
SW
11
0.3
SW
11
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.1
W
15
0.1
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
59
58
55
54
53
51
49
47
43
30
18
17
16
16
16
10
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NE
20
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
11:59AM6.16m
00:18AM6.08m
12:33PM6.00m
00:52AM5.89m
1:07PM5.77m
1:28AM5.64m
Low Tide
6:16PM0.68m
6:33AM0.89m
6:50PM0.84m
7:09AM1.09m
7:27PM1.06m
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Temp °C
11
10
11
10
9
9
9
8
7
6
7
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9
6
5
4
4
4
4
6
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Feels °C
7
6
6
5
3
3
4
4
1
-1
0
0
1
-1
-3
-3
-3
-2
-2
1
3
2
1
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3
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