Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
18.8°C
3.2° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 12AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (10 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Evening (10 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Fri afternoon, light winds from the WNW by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
3
SW
8
2.3
WSW
8
1.9
WSW
8
1.6
WSW
8
1.4
WSW
7
1.4
W
6
1.4
W
6
1.3
W
6
1.3
W
5
1.2
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
1
W
6
0.8
WSW
6
0.7
WSW
6
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
WSW
5
0.5
WSW
5
0.6
WSW
4
0.9
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
913
717
465
291
203
137
132
106
99
97
101
66
43
33
21
14
13
8
28
Wind (km/h)
50
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
20
WSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
11:21PM6.21m
11:41AM6.42m
11:59PM6.43m
12:16PM6.56m
Low Tide
5:27PM0.61m
5:44AM0.45m
6:04PM0.40m
6:20AM0.33m
6:38PM0.31m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
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7:13
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6:21
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6:17
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6:15
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 mm
1
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1
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Temp °C
17
17
14
13
12
11
13
13
14
14
13
12
13
12
13
14
14
15
15
Feels °C
9
10
8
6
5
5
5
6
6
7
6
7
8
8
10
11
11
11
10
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