Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
11.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 12PM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (05 Dec)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (05 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
1.5
SSW
2.3
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
0.7
WSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)81411155688888899887161467899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)642519491118402114084369481697611451228865613434235105518326669610291254698
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
55
SSE
60
SSW
45
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
30
S
40
SSW
45
SW
55
SW
55
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
6.69
11:21PM
6.70
11:41AM
6.74
12:08AM
6.69
12:27PM
6.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19PM
0.10
5:44AM
0.30
6:09PM
0.08
6:34AM
0.38
6:58PM
0.20
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise--7:43-------7:43-------7:45-----
Sunset----3:55-------3:55-------3:53---
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----14222111----14641--
Temp. °C7891098101211111111111111111212111314141412
Feels °C (?)3442-1-4-231111113466566445
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