Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
16.3°C
1.9° 

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 (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 7s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 3PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Oct)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (27 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WSW on Tue morning, calm by Wed night).

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
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)
2.5
SW
8
2.1
SW
7
1.8
SW
7
1.5
WSW
7
1.3
WSW
7
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
11
0.3
SW
11
0.4
SW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
931
459
286
211
142
121
95
98
100
77
54
53
52
22
24
21
20
20
14
5
5
Wind (km/h)
40
WSW
35
W
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
15
W
10
W
5
W
0
WNW
5
SE
5
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:31AM6.83m
11:52PM6.81m
12:11PM6.83m
00:33AM6.75m
12:53PM6.66m
Low Tide
5:51PM0.06m
6:10AM0.16m
6:32PM0.11m
6:53AM0.32m
7:16PM0.31m
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:41
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6:43
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4:42
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4:39
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 mm
3
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Temp °C
14
15
14
14
13
13
12
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
7
8
6
8
7
7
7
7
9
9
10
11
12
13
13
12
12
10
10
10
8
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