Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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
11.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 4AM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (03 Dec)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (03 Dec)5ft (1.6m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
WSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
WSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)161610151515151414136779121314151616171778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56053937536036044137030591740238135225736475980876393010571187156011127521946
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
25
S
45
S
55
SSE
55
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
1.47
6:15PM
1.39
6:39AM
1.57
7:01PM
1.45
7:20AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
0.11
1:51PM
0.10
2:08AM
0.05
2:39PM
-0.05
2:57AM
0.02
3:26PM
-0.15
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise----7:48-------7:50-------7:50---
Sunset------4:05-------4:04-------4:04-
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
1-----11-241----------22
Temp. °C10910101011111011109889876678910810
Feels °C (?)4466565441422222123420-3-1
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