Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 19 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
10.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 4AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)6s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101010106610101010101099714914131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2918281726101044444444321424776
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
15
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
S
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55AM
6.98
1:17PM
6.93
1:36AM
6.91
1:59PM
6.78
2:19AM
6.65
2:43PM
6.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
-0.05
7:37PM
0.06
8:00AM
0.06
8:21PM
0.29
8:45AM
0.33
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---5:56-------5:54-------5:52----
Sunset-------7:59-------8:00-------8:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1311989121212109879101010777810101010
Feels °C (?)9733491096542344422223212
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