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Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 GMT
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Durlston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Durlston sea temperature is
8.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 8PM is: 1.9m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)--
Afternoon (24 Jan)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (24 Jan)7ft (2.1m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
3
1
0
0
2
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.8
S
2
S
2
S
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1618181616151514141717161615141312117766717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1170150327142678276817165588217161555220617071164844621424248104582669244283364476
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSE
35
S
25
SW
25
SW
25
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
NNE
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.26
11:29AM
1.35
12:13AM
1.19
12:23PM
1.19
1:20AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
0.08
7:20AM
0.43
7:42PM
0.20
8:12AM
0.50
8:36PM
0.33
9:23AM
0.55
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-
Sunset4:45-------4:46-------4:47-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
1211--251--------2321--4
Temp. °C989988767778888887899999
Feels °C (?)-204420-23553444421-1-100011
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