Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 07 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
9.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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 8AM is: 0.1m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s
Afternoon (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (07 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)16s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
W
Period(s) (?)8822201819171616161514141414999988834
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6691551571079690868474674633141412127716822
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
NE
5
NE
5
E
5
SE
0
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
25
WSW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
5.81
3:03PM
5.60
3:18AM
5.43
3:38PM
5.21
3:56AM
5.04
4:20PM
4.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
0.98
9:04AM
1.09
9:21PM
1.32
9:41AM
1.44
10:02PM
1.69
10:28AM
1.80
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise---6:22-------6:20-------6:18----
Sunset-------7:39-------7:42-------7:43
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212108912151717151312121414161717161514141412
Feels °C (?)77422691313121099111114151614141211106
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