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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Thursday 22 Jan 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
8.6° 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 5AM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (23 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.5
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
2
S
0.9
WSW
1.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.7
S
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
WSW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1414145666671671414616151517161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400226168124298299226245345436322350327210121215209692299305195128113158
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
40
SE
45
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
ESE
35
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
6.32
1:58PM
6.18
2:22AM
6.24
2:39PM
6.01
3:04AM
6.04
3:24PM
5.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:48PM
0.47
8:10AM
0.74
8:25PM
0.56
8:49AM
0.85
9:05PM
0.75
9:33AM
1.02
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----7:47-------7:46-------7:45---
Sunset------4:34-------4:36-------4:37-
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1---41-------------1--1-
Temp. °C988778987777778877777778
Feels °C (?)122-2-3-12-1-2-1-10-101-110020012
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