Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 10 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
10.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (10 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
SSW
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1.1
SW
1.7
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
0.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)55666141414144455677787776615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46424534273333322012254154168380543698884535408312228146125
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
15
N
5
E
10
S
10
S
15
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SSE
25
S
40
W
40
W
35
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
4.65
5:17PM
4.46
5:51AM
4.35
6:46PM
4.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
2.04
11:31AM
2.08
12:09AM
2.27
12:50PM
2.19
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise---6:16-------6:13-------6:11----
Sunset-------7:45-------7:46-------7:47
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------111--
Temp. °C108767889101010111091089999991010
Feels °C (?)4102544454352-11-2-1-1011245
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