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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
9.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7ft (2.1m)6s
Afternoon (12 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (12 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 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 (?)
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2
WSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)5667788899877777615151414988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1022163284836359661237167613798505413402271782251915535343332192827
Wind
(km/h)
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
50
SSW
50
SSW
55
SW
55
SSW
60
SSW
40
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
4.55
4:50PM
4.28
5:33AM
4.23
6:39PM
4.12
7:29AM
4.27
8:19PM
4.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:02AM
2.18
11:37PM
2.34
12:26PM
2.32
1:07AM
2.37
1:52PM
2.15
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise--6:20-------6:18-------6:16-----
Sunset----5:58-------5:59--------6:00--
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1--641----------1--
Temp. °C9999111111119778776543589877
Feels °C (?)210-1000-10-1000100-1-2023434
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