Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 04 Dec 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
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 3PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.5
SSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.8
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
1.5
SSW
2.1
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)666667131411155678788889881616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26316580988056617478395114323930711550629742792104410987024341438212
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
30
SSW
40
S
55
S
55
S
40
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:07AM
6.50
10:34PM
6.55
10:55AM
6.69
11:21PM
6.70
11:41AM
6.74
12:08AM
6.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
0.25
4:53AM
0.34
5:19PM
0.10
5:44AM
0.30
6:09PM
0.08
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------
Sunset--3:55-------3:55-------3:55-----
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
47---------221221111---1
Temp. °C8999876791010891212111111111111111211
Feels °C (?)-10344334531-3-242211122476
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