Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 10 Apr 2026 BST
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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
10.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 5PM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (10 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SE
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)151515141414145777888816171616159988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14822321714051504711319427860122414531070853376133772676546314211168184153
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
15
S
15
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSW
35
W
35
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01PM
0.80
6:23PM
0.86
1:25AM
0.88
5:53AM
0.89
6:49PM
0.93
6:00AM
0.97
6:57PM
1.01
6:12AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
0.58
3:19PM
0.75
9:39PM
0.72
3:36AM
0.85
10:46AM
0.58
11:29PM
0.71
12:36PM
0.47
1:07AM
0.61
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:20-------6:18
Sunset---7:52-------7:54-------7:57----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C7989101111107899999991010109988
Feels °C (?)44334553-1-3-1-10-11224464433
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