Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 BST
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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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Evening (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)555566111111644566666666665
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)811116665121159217015420926125324520113513312310387
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
25
NNW
25
N
15
N
5
NW
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
40
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
ononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
6.34
12:21PM
6.35
12:38AM
6.47
12:54PM
6.42
1:11AM
6.47
1:27PM
6.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.49
6:43PM
0.40
7:00AM
0.40
7:14PM
0.40
7:31AM
0.42
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:30----
Sunset-------7:31-------7:34-------7:35
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11111077910999998911111111111110101314
Feels °C (?)987115765433015555664366
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