Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 25 Aug 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
19.2° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 1PM is: 0.1m 20s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (25 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)20s
Evening (25 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)23s

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

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Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
WSW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
WSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)4410202320191919181717161616151414613131388
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)32454084203609107013861659137346481026834636620435164917973881054114126191168
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
S
10
W
20
WSW
25
SW
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
1.36
9:48PM
1.55
10:15AM
1.36
10:22PM
1.49
10:48AM
1.33
10:55PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.13
5:52AM
-0.08
6:07PM
0.20
6:25AM
0.04
6:40PM
0.29
6:56AM
0.18
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Thursday
28
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13
Sunset---8:07-------8:06-------8:04----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C191920201919171718191918171716171818181817151516
Feels °C (?)161617181818141514141414141412131312131414131212
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Light wind has turned cross-on at Durlston (light winds from the SSE.(Wind varies from 120 to 200 degs) at Bournemouth Airport 22 km from Durlston). 0.2m 10s swell from the WSW with a 0.2m 8s swell, also from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SSE
0.0
19.2
Air / Water (°C)
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