Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 10 Mar 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
8.8° 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 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)1ft (0.3m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Evening (10 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.4
SW
1.1
WSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)9988349567766615656778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7121094102810232036622114112210685881433635898681286131911291321
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
55
SW
55
SSW
60
SSW
60
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
5.42
3:08PM
5.13
3:27AM
4.98
3:49PM
4.68
4:15AM
4.55
4:50PM
4.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14AM
1.47
9:32PM
1.68
10:00AM
1.86
10:24PM
2.07
11:02AM
2.18
11:37PM
2.34
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise--6:24-------6:22-------6:20-----
Sunset----5:53-------5:55-------5:58---
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10101010101010109118910988998910101111
Feels °C (?)88766631-1412333210-2-1-1-1-1-1
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