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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
13.0° 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 11AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (22 Nov)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (22 Nov)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.7
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)356677777667778888888889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11681482603624365555902551162693313945037629589319416122881841407441
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
45
S
30
SW
20
W
25
SW
50
SSW
40
W
40
W
40
W
45
W
50
W
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
5.97
12:23AM
5.91
12:37PM
5.86
12:57AM
5.78
1:11PM
5.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21PM
0.82
6:39AM
1.03
6:57PM
0.95
7:16AM
1.20
7:35PM
1.12
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise--7:24-------7:26-------7:28-----
Sunset----4:04-------4:02-------4:01---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----1343--21-----1------
Temp. °C9878776108101110109101098777776
Feels °C (?)1-1-2-2-3-3-4324211-10-1-2-1-100-1-2-2
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