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Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
19.2°C
2.8° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 4s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 1PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (27 Sep)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (27 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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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
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
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
7
0.5
SE
3
0.6
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
0.9
SW
4
1.1
SW
5
1.2
SW
6
0.9
WSW
6
0.8
WSW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.4
SW
8
0.4
SW
8
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.1
SW
11
0.2
W
11
0.1
SW
11
0.6
SSE
3
0.9
SSE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
5
10
15
27
58
88
57
41
38
19
21
16
15
6
5
5
5
5
9
4
8
25
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
W
15
NW
10
N
10
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
20
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
12:22PM6.61m
00:38AM6.64m
12:57PM6.79m
1:14AM6.76m
1:33PM6.81m
Low Tide
6:41PM0.26m
6:57AM0.12m
7:16PM0.15m
7:33AM0.12m
7:53PM0.19m
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21
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Temp °C
16
16
17
18
18
18
18
15
14
14
14
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19
20
21
Feels °C
14
13
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14
15
16
14
12
12
11
13
11
10
12
12
12
15
16
16
18
17
18
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