Birling Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
20.5° C
4.1° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 2AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (30 Jul)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (30 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Fri afternoon).

Wed
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
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
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
3
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
W
4
0.6
W
4
0.4
WSW
4
0.9
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
0.9
WSW
5
0.8
W
5
0.5
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.3
W
4
0.8
WSW
4
1.2
WSW
5
1
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
10
17
14
13
13
7
22
39
40
32
27
12
4
2
3
16
66
51
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
W
30
WSW
35
W
25
WNW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
00:20AM5.76m
12:42PM5.87m
00:55AM5.97m
1:16PM6.08m
Low Tide
6:26PM1.17m
6:46AM0.83m
7:04PM0.97m
7:22AM0.65m
7:40PM0.83m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:22
5:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:49
8:47
8:45
 mm
Temp °C
22
21
20
19
18
17
19
20
19
19
19
20
18
15
20
23
22
20
21
Feels °C
19
18
18
19
17
16
16
17
15
15
17
19
15
11
17
20
15
14
14
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