Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 12 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
10.4° C
(Which is 1.7°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 12AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
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 (?)
1.4
SW
0.5
WSW
1
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.4
SW
0.5
WSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)615614148888888877347665554
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)141131745129473433321616154814145527152827322724
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
N
0
SSE
10
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:07-------6:05--
Sunset-7:47-------7:50-------7:51------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101010998910101099991091012111211111011
Feels °C (?)467676776666676469897756
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