Birling Gap Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
20.7°C
3.6° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 12AM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (02 Sep)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (02 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
0.7
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.6
WSW
4
0.7
WSW
4
1
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
6
1.4
SW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.4
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
1.6
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
6
1.7
WSW
6
1.5
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
11
18
20
16
12
13
16
44
90
101
133
132
136
144
154
184
223
202
170
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:34PM6.52m
2:52AM6.32m
3:13PM6.28m
3:33AM6.01m
3:57PM5.91m
Low Tide
8:56PM0.55m
9:12AM0.59m
9:36PM0.79m
9:55AM0.92m
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:15
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:43
7:40
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
Feels °C
14
15
15
16
14
16
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
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