Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 12PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a West direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
W
0.5
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
W
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
1.2
SE
1.3
SSE
0.9
SE
0.4
SW
1.8
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)99881111106715151515141455513167788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3019173259111164701072832231421405177804541166755375212071129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
25
W
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
NNW
10
N
10
ESE
20
S
15
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
S
35
WSW
45
WNW
40
WSW
40
SW
50
SW
55
SW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.76
12:19PM
0.93
5:44PM
0.80
12:32AM
0.99
5:29AM
0.82
1:01PM
0.80
6:23PM
0.86
1:25AM
0.88
5:53AM
0.89
6:49PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.76
8:27AM
0.53
3:30PM
0.74
8:40PM
0.66
4:00AM
0.80
9:22AM
0.58
3:19PM
0.75
9:39PM
0.72
3:36AM
0.85
10:46AM
0.58
11:29PM
0.71
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:54--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------1----------1
Temp. °C151414131287766687810111110589899
Feels °C (?)141312750-100333213443-5-2-1-4-3-2
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