Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 GMT
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Birling Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
12.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 8AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (27 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.1
SW
0.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)6666666667618677775678767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1901281382052282553252241511766781195288307222139113325589883465290206
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
25
WSW
25
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
20
W
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
5.06
3:54AM
5.07
4:19PM
4.89
5:00AM
5.01
5:31PM
4.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
1.76
10:03PM
1.61
10:40AM
1.83
11:06PM
1.63
11:45AM
1.75
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sun
30
Sunrise--7:31-------7:33-------7:35-----
Sunset----4:00-------3:59-------3:57---
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
21----1----------12122-1
Temp. °C101213131313121312101112131210111211111110767
Feels °C (?)26666657866544356321610-1
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