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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 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
8.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 1PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
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 (?)
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)151515141414131313988888777744555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156847874726728272623181010665555618274534
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
5.35
10:44PM
5.44
10:58AM
5.64
11:21PM
5.74
11:34AM
5.90
11:56PM
6.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.23
5:01AM
1.29
5:22PM
0.95
5:41AM
1.05
6:01PM
0.71
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:52-------7:52-------7:50-----
Sunset----4:24-------4:25-------4:28---
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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cloud
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C9999991091010999999888910111110
Feels °C (?)456666666546665544356765
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