Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 07 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
10.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)171616151516161514141399911111111101615151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)640508411322309291251106102504337291931303011115060110226193
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
SW
0
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
W
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
5
N
10
E
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:51PM
0.72
11:30PM
1.21
11:49AM
1.06
4:56PM
0.75
11:59PM
1.10
4:47AM
0.76
12:19PM
0.93
5:44PM
0.80
12:32AM
0.99
5:29AM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.72
7:21PM
0.48
7:44AM
0.44
3:27PM
0.73
7:57PM
0.58
4:00AM
0.76
8:27AM
0.53
3:30PM
0.74
8:40PM
0.66
4:00AM
0.80
9:22AM
0.58
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:30-------6:26-------6:24--
Sunset-7:49-------7:50-------7:52------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C14161616141314161617171514131314119787678
Feels °C (?)81114141311131516181816141210833034222
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