Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 14 Mar 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
9.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 6PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (14 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)99914148131381266666222019181817161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171135107969167514459480246197212172375653621540449298214127122
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
SW
40
SW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
0.97
5:54AM
1.13
6:27PM
1.07
6:15AM
1.25
6:45PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
0.45
1:04AM
0.53
1:26PM
0.29
1:34AM
0.41
1:55PM
0.13
2:07AM
0.29
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise6:24-------6:22-------6:20-------
Sunset---6:09-------6:10-------6:13----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C6998777789997777891099888
Feels °C (?)165334432212000112323233
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