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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
8.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 12PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
1.4
SW
0.5
WSW
1.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
WSW
3
S
2.2
W
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111110101010101013135126211971818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75658557982191876350528721218415612784841367907818826977481929793067
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
15
NW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSW
20
W
25
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
30
SSE
20
SW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
1.02
4:38PM
0.89
5:10AM
1.07
5:27PM
0.95
5:47AM
1.14
6:08PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.60
12:25AM
0.56
1:13PM
0.48
1:17AM
0.49
1:49PM
0.36
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise--8:03-------8:03-------8:03-----
Sunset----4:28-------4:29-------4:30---
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--452111---------1496622
Temp. °C101010111110866556810779109999106
Feels °C (?)66646731101256212442326-3
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