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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 23 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
8.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Birling Gap today?

The current surf forecast for Birling Gap at 12PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
1
SW
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
0.8
SW
2
S
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SSE
0.7
SW
1.8
SSE
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSE
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1466666167151414616614161514666141515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1686826128219321431835539840432717924223739464343832222421112197212262
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
6.18
2:22AM
6.24
2:39PM
6.01
3:04AM
6.04
3:24PM
5.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.74
8:25PM
0.56
8:49AM
0.85
9:05PM
0.75
9:33AM
1.02
9:52PM
1.00
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise--7:47-------7:46-------7:45-----
Sunset----4:34-------4:36-------4:37---
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--4-----------1-1---1111
Temp. °C887888777777887887777777
Feels °C (?)2-1-3000-2-20-1-1-2-1-2-1221-1-1-1022
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