Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 12 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 1AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (13 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (13 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
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 (?)
1.1
SW
2.1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
S
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)16151414131313121288887710656777813
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63617763052031188379534362484645211346054263536969844
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
NW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
25
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
1.01
6:12AM
1.08
6:57PM
1.12
6:35AM
1.21
7:12PM
1.25
7:06AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
0.61
1:29PM
0.32
1:53AM
0.47
2:10PM
0.16
2:34AM
0.32
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:18-------6:16-------6:15--
Sunset-7:57-------7:58-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1010987791010109999991011111111111212
Feels °C (?)355555765666654346777787
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