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Birling Gap sea conditions & tide times

East Sussex · open water conditions information

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Birling Gap is a coastal location in East Sussex, one of 20 East Sussex spots covered by NippyIndex.

The shore faces broadly south-west, so it is most open to wind and swell arriving from the south-west.

As a tidal location, its tide predictions are referenced to the nearest tidal station, Eastbourne, about 5 miles away.

NippyIndex draws on published marine and weather data (sea state, wave information and water temperature) and UKHO tidal predictions.

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Cuckmere Haven · 2 mi NWHolywell (Eastbourne) · 3 mi EEastbourne · 5 mi ESeaford · 5 mi NWNewhaven · 7 mi NW