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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 09 Feb 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
8.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 12PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (09 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (09 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
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
1
0
0
2
1
1
2
4
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.9
S
2.2
S
1.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1114131367810101010191817171681081012131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7511620820225542632227033549858066529463051259521737801136140233543580261419191423
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
15
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
25
S
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
25
SW
20
S
15
W
35
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crossoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
1.01
12:35AM
0.95
12:29PM
0.85
4:13AM
0.90
4:45PM
0.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41AM
0.59
7:48PM
0.54
8:24AM
0.68
8:21PM
0.66
12:18PM
0.70
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise--7:31-------7:28-------7:26-----
Sunset----5:13-------5:15-------5:15---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----41-----24-1--1--2103
Temp. °C99999910109991110111111111010101010108
Feels °C (?)443211775548666432014670
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