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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 BST
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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
18.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 6PM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (17 Sep)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (17 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
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 (?)
1.7
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)66776666665551111111010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1852973742962381821371181141108262343919181815153724243723
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
4.65
8:53PM
4.79
9:35AM
4.97
10:00PM
5.16
10:29AM
5.40
10:48PM
5.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.93
3:25AM
1.66
3:59PM
1.64
4:28AM
1.30
4:54PM
1.27
5:15AM
0.95
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:39-------6:41
Sunset---7:09-------7:07-------7:05----
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part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161617171717171717181818181818171819212222212018
Feels °C (?)10911121313141414151416171718171817202020191817
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Birling Gap (light winds from the WSW at Willingdon wx 7 km from Birling Gap). A 1.8m swell from the WSW

    2 hours 33 minutes ago Birling Gap
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2 h 33 min ago

14 km/h
WSW
Cross-On
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