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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK
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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
13.1° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am May 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (19 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
| Evening (19 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Birling Gap. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Tue morning, calm by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | |
31 | 53 | 109 | 201 | 218 | 142 | 131 | 136 | 196 | 239 | 230 | 157 | 171 | 165 | 105 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 22 | 22 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | glassy | cross-off | |
High Tide | 1:19AM6.76m | 1:45PM6.66m | 2:06AM6.54m | 2:33PM6.39m | 2:54AM6.19m | 3:24PM6.01m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:47AM0.13m | 8:12PM0.43m | 8:38AM0.34m | 9:05PM0.71m | 9:32AM0.64m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | 5:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:49 | — | |
— | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 16 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | — | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 9 | WSW 5 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 8 |
5 | 4 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 37 | 78 | — | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 10 | W 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 12 | SW 9 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 |
— | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 12 | — | — | — | — |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 5 | SW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 5 | SW 5 | SW 5 | WSW 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
31 | 53 | 109 | 201 | 218 | 142 | 131 | 136 | 196 | 239 | 230 | 157 | 171 | 165 | 105 | 57 | 41 | 28 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 585 | 585 | 584 | 683 | 585 | 115 | 112 | 391 | 434 | 332 | 332 | 359 | 358 | 255 | 112 | 105 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 | 105 | 114 | 114 | 114 |
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