Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 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
10.6° C
(Which is 1.9°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 3PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
1.1
SW
1.6
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
0.7
WSW
1.5
SW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)61414141444556777877616615146613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32333332201129525116641250160681862139330223615112660433126
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
35
WSW
40
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
4.46
5:51AM
4.35
6:46PM
4.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
2.08
12:09AM
2.27
12:50PM
2.19
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:11-------6:09
Sunset---7:45-------7:46-------7:47----
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------11----11
Temp. °C88991011101110899999991010109989
Feels °C (?)535456453-2-10-1-10124466544
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