Birling Gap surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 09 Mar 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 1.3°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 7PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121212888998834456776661515156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2323216667121096914532353982211449977767784216
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SW
5
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
25
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
20
W
25
W
15
W
25
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
5.56
2:50AM
5.42
3:08PM
5.13
3:27AM
4.98
3:49PM
4.68
4:15AM
4.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
1.09
8:53PM
1.27
9:14AM
1.47
9:32PM
1.68
10:00AM
1.86
10:24PM
2.07
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise6:26-------6:24-------6:22-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:53-------5:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------13--------
Temp. °C1011121111111010999910109108910109999
Feels °C (?)89119910866555420212445310
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