Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 12 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 7AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 15s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
WSW
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)8881616161615141413138888108877765
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1754171812053689325626762242435305203118836964758816357455224112641
Wind
(km/h)
50
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
5
NE
5
E
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
0.97
6:57PM
1.01
6:12AM
1.08
6:57PM
1.12
6:35AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
0.71
12:36PM
0.47
1:07AM
0.61
1:29PM
0.32
1:53AM
0.47
2:10PM
0.16
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---6:20-------6:18-------6:16----
Sunset-------7:57-------7:58-------8:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C9999101010109877991010999101091011
Feels °C (?)-2-10123356655645655565456
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