Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 10 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 5AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (11 Feb)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (11 Feb)7ft (2.2m)14s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161611121414141414141418181716161514141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246114567941229288533982815219718751484123826753984609753634885315228012220249721461700911706
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
W
25
W
35
WNW
40
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
15
NNE
50
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
oncrossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.90
4:45PM
0.82
5:08AM
0.97
5:36PM
0.88
5:44AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
0.66
12:18PM
0.70
12:11AM
0.68
1:04PM
0.56
1:03AM
0.57
1:33PM
0.41
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise----7:26-------7:26-------7:24---
Sunset------5:15-------5:17-------5:20-
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11--1--121-------111-114
Temp. °C1111111110101010999991010999888984
Feels °C (?)87642246666412222214564-7
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