Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 22 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
11.4° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (22 Apr)--
Evening (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.8
E
0.1
S
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
ENE
0.1
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1212144644101044331112111010999111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)638010022010025444831351918
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04AM
6.23
3:31PM
5.98
3:55AM
5.72
4:27PM
5.46
4:54AM
5.20
5:36PM
5.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
0.65
9:36AM
0.72
10:04PM
1.09
10:35AM
1.15
11:09PM
1.51
11:45AM
1.51
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---5:50-------5:48-------5:47----
Sunset-------8:04-------8:06-------8:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C810999111211101111101012121188879121312
Feels °C (?)131213433665354512324777
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