Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 20 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
11.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
0.1
SW
0.2
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.8
E
0.1
SW
1.6
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)55556656661511141413131312121261166
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2823296610510197117157229898777633305170143
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
40
E
40
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
E
40
E
35
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.55
11:00AM
1.39
3:28PM
0.84
11:16PM
1.44
11:46AM
1.22
4:31PM
0.90
12:01AM
1.29
4:26AM
0.84
12:40PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:23PM
0.08
6:49AM
0.00
2:35PM
0.83
7:11PM
0.22
7:39AM
0.09
2:53PM
0.84
8:03PM
0.36
3:41AM
0.84
8:35AM
0.18
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:00-------5:58--
Sunset-8:08-------8:10-------8:13------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1010108658101111888810111213109981013
Feels °C (?)4562-1-103320-1001246323136
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