Durlston surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 11 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
8.5° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Durlston today?

The current surf forecast for Durlston at 4PM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (11 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
WSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
WSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.1
SW
2
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1078888910111112121111111111661111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)566461161159112671052112411951246145011119631080831756638268248293261926593520308
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
50
S
55
S
60
S
45
SSW
40
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
40
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
20
WNW
30
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.95
3:48AM
0.97
3:19PM
0.87
4:31AM
1.02
4:38PM
0.89
5:10AM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
0.64
8:55PM
0.49
10:20AM
0.68
10:35PM
0.59
12:23PM
0.60
12:25AM
0.56
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise8:04-------8:04-------8:03-------
Sunset--4:24-------4:25-------4:28-----
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-113----------221121--
Temp. °C7789121111111110101110101010101010109765
Feels °C (?)-3-4-4-34334444756655233501-1
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