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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
7.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 10PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
0.4
WSW
0.8
SW
0.4
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)7787175661661615161615141414131313988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)49788063221177110133889839941318686797471671428426231810
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
50
SSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
E
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
4.82
9:36AM
5.05
10:03PM
5.12
10:19AM
5.35
10:44PM
5.44
10:58AM
5.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:59PM
1.79
3:23AM
1.82
3:54PM
1.53
4:15AM
1.56
4:41PM
1.23
5:01AM
1.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------7:54-------7:52-------7:52-
Sunset4:22-------4:22-------4:24-------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
5372-11------2----------
Temp. °C999899999999989999998888
Feels °C (?)-2-24343344545435666654443
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