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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 17 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
9.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 4AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (18 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
ESE
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
2.3
SE
2.4
SSE
1.7
SSW
2.5
WSW
3
W
2.4
WSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.9
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121251211101077771013141414131212126777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)227172161931031481705585022616661958200324361918138710267025695650569578573
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
40
SSE
30
SSW
25
S
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
30
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:02PM
1.32
8:05AM
1.58
8:33PM
1.40
8:38AM
1.64
9:05PM
1.45
9:12AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42AM
0.15
4:04PM
-0.17
4:17AM
0.12
4:39PM
-0.18
4:55AM
0.13
5:16PM
-0.13
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise----7:15-------7:13-------7:11---
Sunset------5:29-------5:30-------5:31-
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Rain (mm)
-251--8122-1-------------
Temp. °C65455671099755567778910111111
Feels °C (?)-2-5-5-6-5-4-42241-2-2-3-2-111321333
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