Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
9.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 4PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 18). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
2
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111010106101011141414141312121267888877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12814817037729266750870317702032173613871030934737763292691824754942770611352
Wind
(km/h)
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
40
S
35
S
20
SE
5
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
45
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:05AM
1.58
8:33PM
1.40
8:38AM
1.64
9:05PM
1.45
9:12AM
1.65
9:40PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04PM
-0.17
4:17AM
0.12
4:39PM
-0.18
4:55AM
0.13
5:16PM
-0.13
5:34AM
0.17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise7:13-------7:13-------7:11-------
Sunset--5:29-------5:30-------5:31-----
light rain
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-8131-------------------
Temp. °C667109998877777891010111111111011
Feels °C (?)-4-4-42257430-20012212433434
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