Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.74° N 0.20° E

Birling Gap 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Birling Gap sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.2° 

Birling Gap surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Birling Gap today (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with NW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 3s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 12PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)3s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 9°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Thu afternoon, near gales from the WSW by Fri afternoon).

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NW
4
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.6
NW
4
0.5
NW
4
0.4
WNW
3
0.5
W
3
0.8
WSW
4
1.8
WSW
6
2.1
WSW
6
1.9
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
2.5
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
8
1.5
WSW
7
1.3
WSW
7
1.2
W
6
1.2
W
6
1.1
W
6
1.1
WSW
5
1.1
WSW
6
1.2
WSW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
1
1
11
6
4
5
22
197
366
311
418
800
785
402
237
176
123
101
88
74
77
97
Wind (km/h)
25
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
45
WSW
50
WSW
40
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:20AM5.76m
10:40PM5.87m
11:03AM6.15m
11:21PM6.21m
11:41AM6.42m
Low Tide
4:44PM0.93m
5:04AM0.68m
5:27PM0.61m
5:44AM0.45m
6:04PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
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rain showers
part cloud
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clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
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6:21
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Temp °C
9
8
9
13
15
15
14
13
15
17
17
17
17
17
14
13
13
11
13
14
13
14
13
Feels °C
3
2
3
7
9
11
8
7
7
10
11
10
9
11
8
6
6
5
7
7
5
6
7
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