Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Swanage today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Swanage at 10PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Swanage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 46 | 161 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 18 | 35 | 0 | 258 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 11:32PM1.20m | 11:49AM1.17m | 00:04AM1.05m | 5:03AM0.75m | 12:20PM1.04m | 5:04PM0.78m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:24PM0.36m | 7:39AM0.44m | 8:02PM0.48m | 3:49AM0.74m | 8:16AM0.58m | 4:10PM0.78m | 8:46PM0.59m | ||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Feels °C | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | — | WSW 11 | — | — | — | — | SW 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | W 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | — | — |
| kJ | 46 | — | 23 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 41 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 35 | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | SW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | WSW 14 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 36 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 4 | WSW 11 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 9 | 161 | 18 | 31 | 69 | 151 | 200 | 127 | 98 | 69 | 56 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 88 | 194 | 258 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 55 | 2 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 467 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 185 | 246 | 155 | 246 | 323 | 323 | 323 | 246 |
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