Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 11 Feb 2026 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
8.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 7PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (11 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)78871414141413138881414141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32263152526021818737135017117323243628725124151838628619912492694748
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
ESE
15
NNE
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
40
W
40
W
25
W
15
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
4.25
6:39AM
4.31
7:36PM
4.23
8:13AM
4.44
8:53PM
4.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
2.15
12:21AM
2.27
1:08PM
2.23
1:43AM
2.28
2:28PM
2.07
2:59AM
2.05
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise7:18-------7:16-------7:15-------
Sunset--5:07-------5:08-------5:10-----
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1311---1-------------
Temp. °C10111010999899109887677765422
Feels °C (?)2345555443212452210-2-4-5-7-7
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