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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 31 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
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 7PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
1.2
SE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616161615151414141412101111171616161655514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)291239310291291233212203160125967489929977167125883876726240
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
W
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
E
10
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44AM
5.73
10:16PM
5.88
10:36AM
6.10
11:04PM
6.24
11:22AM
6.38
11:48PM
6.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:16PM
0.85
4:43AM
0.91
5:09PM
0.49
5:33AM
0.61
5:55PM
0.24
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise7:37-------7:35-------7:33-------
Sunset--4:47-------4:50-------4:51-----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11----------231-
Temp. °C999899899888864457888999
Feels °C (?)434344354335510221111233
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