Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 BST
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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
9.8° 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 5AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.9
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)16161514141414999988834555615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)908677746747531413121276169282624171921333332
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
ENE
0
ENE
5
SW
10
WNW
5
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
5.43
3:38PM
5.21
3:56AM
5.04
4:20PM
4.81
4:43AM
4.65
5:17PM
4.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.32
9:41AM
1.44
10:02PM
1.69
10:28AM
1.80
10:55PM
2.04
11:31AM
2.08
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:20-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset-------7:42-------7:43-------7:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1815141313151718181615151414141297778889
Feels °C (?)15121110101316181815141412108643555434
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