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Birling Gap Surf Forecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 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 7.7 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 8.0 max: 9.5 min: 5.6 °C)
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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 7.7 °C (Statistics for 22 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 8.0 max: 9.5 min: 5.6 °C)

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  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Birling Gap (light winds from the SSW at Willingdon wx 7 km from Birling Gap).

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1 h 8 min ago

Light
14 km/h
SSW
Onshore
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How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 1AM is: 2.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)6s
Afternoon (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
000000000000000000000000101000011000000000000000000000000000
Swell
Height Map
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T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.54.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.57.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.63.cc23
T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.78.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.81.cc23T unitedkingdom.htsgw.metric.87.cc23
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.4
SW
0.8
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
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
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
1.3
SW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)677767767777777788998877711656711111111111111111110101010101099991555581256888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)26160551635538639824822367153552237743652455469891610951147114788564655146618913362404367759675755741403029282827251515888922132831305679340711226122
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SSW
40
S
50
SSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
W
45
WSW
50
WSW
45
WSW
30
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
7.01
12:14PM
6.95
12:35AM
6.99
12:53PM
6.83
1:12AM
6.77
1:30PM
6.53
1:49AM
6.40
2:07PM
6.10
2:25AM
5.91
2:45PM
5.59
3:04AM
5.37
3:26PM
5.05
3:48AM
4.83
4:18PM
4.54
4:49AM
4.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
-0.16
6:23AM
-0.07
6:41PM
-0.14
7:01AM
-0.01
7:18PM
0.06
7:38AM
0.22
7:54PM
0.40
8:14AM
0.59
8:30PM
0.84
8:51AM
1.03
9:09PM
1.32
9:32AM
1.51
9:55PM
1.80
10:25AM
1.94
10:55PM
2.19

Note: the tide data above is calculated at the surf break location.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph
Offshore winds at Birling Gap blow from the NE

Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1111101010111110111099101010109999910109997786776222367755567667878878111111111010
Feels °C (?)2112135213111000-1-2-2-2-101364430-2021-5-4-4-4-20201100-2-201-11101442435
Sunrise---5:54-------5:52-------5:50-------5:48-------5:46-------5:43-------5:41-------5:39
Sunset-------6:15-------6:17-------6:20-------6:21-------6:22-------6:24-------6:25----

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