Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
20.0°C
3.4° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 7PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Evening (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon afternoon).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
8
0.4
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
12
0.2
WSW
8
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
9
0.4
SE
3
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
9
0.1
SW
18
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
1.1
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
13
7
36
14
6
4
10
9
4
8
4
4
7
12
43
40
104
97
427
113
104
Wind (km/h)
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
0
WSW
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
15
W
15
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
2:18PM1.03m
3:30AM0.90m
7:12AM0.89m
4:35PM1.04m
6:20AM0.98m
7:40AM0.98m
5:53PM1.17m
Low Tide
10:01AM0.51m
10:57PM0.47m
5:28AM0.88m
11:38AM0.53m
00:35AM0.34m
7:07AM0.98m
1:05PM0.42m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:43
7:39
 mm
Temp °C
15
17
18
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
19
20
20
19
18
17
19
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
13
14
14
13
15
17
15
13
14
15
17
19
19
18
16
16
17
16
14
13
13
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