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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 17 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
8.5° C
 (Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (17 Feb)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
WSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.5
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)8888131313912121212111010666101414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238183936117513830242322222140389574756653410231144138302
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
NW
25
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
NE
15
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
45
E
45
E
45
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
20
S
15
SSE
15
E
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:14AM
6.04
11:36PM
6.24
11:49AM
6.36
12:10AM
6.54
12:24PM
6.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.51
5:59AM
0.60
6:15PM
0.25
6:34AM
0.39
6:49PM
0.12
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise--7:07-------7:05-------7:03-----
Sunset----5:17-------5:20-------5:22---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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Rain (mm)
--------23--181111-------
Temp. °C543565554344569987665554
Feels °C (?)-4-5-4022-1-3-4-7-6-6-4-45541-1-1-1000
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