Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 14 Mar 2026 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
9.2° C
(Which is 1.5°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 4PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (14 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
0.5
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.5
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)9999988884567677761965555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)386868126493526263135103307237210189166137114999378555350
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
4.27
8:19PM
4.42
8:44AM
4.66
9:15PM
4.91
9:31AM
5.16
9:56PM
5.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52PM
2.15
2:27AM
2.11
3:00PM
1.75
3:27AM
1.67
3:50PM
1.26
4:13AM
1.19
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise6:16-------6:13-------6:11-------
Sunset---6:00-------6:02-------6:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C6810987789999877789999998
Feels °C (?)12454444311010-1022223353
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