Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 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
11.3° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (22 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
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
Sat
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
W
0.7
E
0.1
S
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1546131010104333111211101099121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)80132220000254498862120181818
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
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)
9:36AM
0.72
10:04PM
1.09
10:35AM
1.15
11:09PM
1.51
11:45AM
1.51
12:25AM
1.78
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
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
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C109911121111121091012131198889121211109
Feels °C (?)221343564335542233366654
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