Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 BST
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Swanage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Swanage sea temperature is
10.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Afternoon (14 Apr)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (14 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
S
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SSW
0.7
SW
0.3
SW
0.9
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)878106678881496886612161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28217921914654591356034116178269392007651622160212971034821639
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.21
7:12PM
1.25
7:06AM
1.34
7:38PM
1.39
7:40AM
1.47
8:08PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:53AM
0.47
2:10PM
0.16
2:34AM
0.32
2:49PM
0.03
3:13AM
0.19
3:29PM
-0.06
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise-6:16-------6:15-------6:13------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:02--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10910101111111212121313121211111111121212121111
Feels °C (?)644355689886565567878988
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