Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 15 Feb 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
8.7° C
(Which is 1.1°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 11AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (15 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (15 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1256666688888888888878889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)601041582661601492925015195084995204874754874032641981427052423424
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
20
SW
25
SW
45
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
35
WNW
45
W
45
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
5.21
10:25PM
5.40
10:39AM
5.64
11:01PM
5.85
11:14AM
6.04
11:36PM
6.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:22PM
1.29
4:43AM
1.28
5:03PM
0.87
5:22AM
0.91
5:40PM
0.51
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise--7:11-------7:09-------7:07-----
Sunset----5:14-------5:15-------5:17---
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--14721-----------------
Temp. °C544589877768877654456443
Feels °C (?)-4-6-5-444-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-11-1-2-4
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