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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 21 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
8.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2PM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)11ft (3.5m)8s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
0.7
SW
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
3
S
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
2.1
WSW
0.9
SW
2.3
SE
2.4
S
3
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)6147887710101617171616151414671817171716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28020387215971368833869451540765179524612113245017381704341392523482111457826980985387
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
35
SE
60
S
60
S
50
SSE
50
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
10
S
25
SW
25
WSW
20
SSW
35
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:57AM
1.57
9:25PM
1.31
9:30AM
1.58
10:01PM
1.32
10:06AM
1.55
10:40PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40AM
0.22
5:05PM
-0.09
5:17AM
0.25
5:41PM
-0.07
5:55AM
0.30
6:18PM
-0.02
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise--7:56-------7:56-------7:54-----
Sunset----4:39-------4:42-------4:43---
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-232------111----521111-
Temp. °C8810101010999999988887888777
Feels °C (?)20-2-2001222363230-1-2000-1-2-2
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