Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
17.9°C
2.6° 

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 (14 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 10PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (14 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
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
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.4
SW
10
0.5
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
10
1.1
SW
5
1
SW
5
1.1
SW
5
1
SW
5
0.5
WSW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.8
WSW
5
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
12
0.3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
24
24
54
54
52
46
55
50
113
31
46
27
27
26
26
25
24
23
Wind (km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:57PM6.17m
2:14AM5.99m
2:30PM5.84m
2:48AM5.63m
3:04PM5.44m
Low Tide
8:14PM0.74m
8:30AM0.97m
8:48PM1.06m
9:06AM1.32m
9:26PM1.43m
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light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
18
18
18
17
16
16
12
14
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15
12
Feels °C
11
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13
12
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17
18
16
13
12
6
8
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10
7
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