Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 25 Jan 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
8.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 7PM is: 1.8m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (25 Jan)6ft (1.9m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
3
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
2.1
S
3
S
3.5
S
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
1.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)15141417171616151413121167810101081312121218
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11389926481537206817281164844630431292213281841139812248171004121731352089201016651309
Wind
(km/h)
35
SE
25
SE
15
E
15
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
20
ESE
20
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
45
SE
50
SSE
55
SSE
50
S
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
35
S
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:29AM
1.35
12:13AM
1.19
12:23PM
1.19
1:20AM
1.10
1:42PM
1.04
3:00AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.43
7:42PM
0.20
8:12AM
0.50
8:36PM
0.33
9:23AM
0.55
9:55PM
0.44
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Sunrise7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------
Sunset--4:46-------4:47-------4:50-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
13131------131132211-11--
Temp. °C87877666788889101199888889
Feels °C (?)114311132211-1-2-1220-100200
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