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Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 21 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
8.6° 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: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
SSE
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
WSW
0.6
SW
1.6
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)77777777665161661514146666171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47126850062260350840028516510198203245208212223143152301259182434573443
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
30
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
S
30
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
40
SE
50
SSE
30
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
6.22
1:07AM
6.30
1:20PM
6.25
1:43AM
6.32
1:58PM
6.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.75
7:13PM
0.46
7:33AM
0.71
7:48PM
0.47
8:10AM
0.74
8:25PM
0.56
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--7:48-------7:48-------7:47-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:32-------4:34---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1124321112--11----41--1-
Temp. °C8799101010109999999887788877
Feels °C (?)-100-11123222123311-2-3111-10
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