Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 28 Nov 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 normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 1AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (29 Nov)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (29 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
WSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
WSW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.8
W
0.3
SW
0.7
W
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)6677677878555561051111114678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1592021921732663916126812692736439282551172718181149310658883
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
45
SSW
45
SSW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
20
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
50
SSW
50
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:19PM
4.89
5:00AM
5.01
5:31PM
4.87
6:14AM
5.13
6:48PM
5.06
7:24AM
5.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.63
11:45AM
1.75
12:10AM
1.54
12:49PM
1.54
1:13AM
1.33
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Sunrise------7:35-------7:35-------7:37-
Sunset3:59-------3:57-------3:57-------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------111-------------11
Temp. °C131212121212111210877545666791010109
Feels °C (?)6566552343220-200123321-1-2
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