Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
19.8° C
3.8° 

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 (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 3PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (21 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.3
WNW
4
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
9
0.3
ESE
3
0.4
ESE
4
0.1
W
9
0.3
ESE
4
0.2
E
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
6
2
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
NE
10
E
10
S
20
SW
25
WSW
20
W
10
W
15
NNW
20
N
15
NNE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:33PM1.03m
4:45PM0.95m
1:32AM1.00m
3:13PM0.98m
3:19AM0.88m
5:00PM1.00m
Low Tide
8:52AM0.27m
4:19PM0.95m
9:22PM0.55m
9:39AM0.44m
10:34PM0.63m
10:52AM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:18
5:20
5:20
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:07
9:07
9:06
 mm
Temp °C
17
16
18
21
22
22
22
20
17
16
20
22
19
21
19
19
18
18
18
19
20
21
20
Feels °C
15
14
16
19
19
17
18
19
15
13
18
21
18
20
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
19
18
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Swanage surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest