Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 8AM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)76661211116710101010101010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33223000681644759461489696100100988381785655545353109
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
S
25
S
20
S
45
SW
55
SW
50
SW
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
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
1.09
6:38PM
1.21
7:21AM
1.14
7:10PM
1.32
7:43AM
1.24
7:44PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34AM
0.18
1:57PM
0.33
2:23AM
0.04
2:41PM
0.21
3:04AM
-0.07
3:21PM
0.13
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:46-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset-----7:15-------7:14-------7:10--
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718181817161717171718181817161616171818181514
Feels °C (?)1313141315151516171717161517151516161615161154
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Durlston (light winds from the SW at Burton wx 22 km from Durlston). 1.6m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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10 km/h
SW
0.0
17.6
Air / Water (°C)
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