Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
20.9° C
4.0° 

Swanage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Swanage today (20 Aug):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 9PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Aug)--
Afternoon (20 Aug)--
Evening (20 Aug)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu morning, calm by Sat night).

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.6
WSW
6
1.3
WSW
6
0.6
W
9
0.9
WSW
5
0.7
WSW
6
0.4
WSW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.1
SW
9
0.1
SW
9
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
6
0.5
ENE
4
0.5
ENE
4
0.5
E
4
0.4
E
4
0.2
WSW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
0
0
0
0
60
51
27
12
9
9
3
3
7
3
7
10
9
5
9
4
2
Wind (km/h)
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
5
E
20
W
20
WNW
15
N
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
ESE
15
SSW
20
WSW
15
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
1:16PM0.98m
1:28AM0.87m
5:02PM0.89m
5:56AM0.83m
5:56PM0.96m
Low Tide
8:50AM0.52m
9:27PM0.63m
9:38AM0.65m
11:44PM0.68m
12:36PM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:03
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:19
8:16
8:15
 mm
Temp °C
18
19
20
20
17
14
13
12
16
18
17
19
18
15
14
13
15
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
13
13
15
16
13
11
9
8
12
16
13
15
14
11
10
9
11
15
14
13
14
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