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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 10AM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 22s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)7ft (2.1m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
Period(s) (?)6767819181817171616161616161616151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)02673517921147589694600482459314306302427567567644532435350573410140113
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
30
SSW
35
S
45
S
20
NW
5
NNW
15
W
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
1.14
6:08PM
1.01
6:22AM
1.22
6:44PM
1.08
6:54AM
1.30
7:17PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.49
1:49PM
0.36
1:55AM
0.41
2:22PM
0.25
2:28AM
0.34
2:54PM
0.14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise--8:03-------8:02-------8:00-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:31-------4:34---
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-16653---121--141-------
Temp. °C101091076788889999899999999
Feels °C (?)242124333224443334446666
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