Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 30 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
20.5°C
3.8° 

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 (30 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 4AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (30 Aug)--
Evening (30 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sat night, light winds from the W by Mon night).

Sunday
30
Monday
31
Tuesday
1
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SW
9
1.9
WSW
9
1.4
SW
9
1.3
SW
9
1.3
SW
8
1.6
SW
5
1.8
SW
6
2.1
SW
6
2.5
WSW
7
2.4
WSW
7
2.1
WSW
8
1.8
WSW
9
1
SW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.3
WSW
9
1.1
WSW
9
1
WSW
9
0.8
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.6
WSW
9
0.7
WSW
3
0.8
WSW
4
0.8
WSW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
823
565
323
243
227
0
239
368
620
628
508
520
170
299
274
199
151
99
62
44
62
0
0
0
Wind (km/h)
35
W
25
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
9:45AM1.43m
9:52PM1.60m
10:18AM1.46m
10:27PM1.58m
10:52AM1.45m
Low Tide
5:20AM-0.11m
5:35PM0.16m
5:55AM-0.07m
6:13PM0.18m
6:33AM0.01m
6:53PM0.24m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:16
6:18
6:20
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7:58
7:55
7:53
 mm
1
1
1
2
Temp °C
17
16
17
18
19
19
17
17
16
16
15
17
18
19
18
16
15
15
15
17
18
18
18
17
Feels °C
12
13
15
14
14
13
11
11
9
9
10
12
13
15
12
13
12
13
14
15
15
14
15
14
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