Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 14 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
17.9°C
2.9° 

Swanage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Swanage today (14 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 3PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (14 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Oct)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
10
1.2
WSW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.7
SW
10
0.6
WSW
10
0.6
WSW
10
1.1
SW
10
0.9
WSW
10
0.5
WSW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.8
WSW
14
0.8
WSW
14
0.7
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.9
WSW
13
0.8
WSW
13
0.5
SW
13
0.5
SW
12
0.5
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
171
263
100
98
64
64
240
180
144
248
220
208
250
232
180
178
295
212
79
75
75
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:15AM1.43m
10:35PM1.31m
10:47AM1.34m
11:08PM1.19m
4:00AM0.75m
11:18AM1.23m
Low Tide
6:24PM0.20m
6:39AM0.36m
7:00PM0.31m
2:51AM0.73m
7:14AM0.48m
7:38PM0.41m
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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clear
clear
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7:26
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7:31
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2
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Temp °C
15
16
16
15
16
16
16
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
17
12
12
14
15
14
11
Feels °C
11
11
12
11
13
13
12
14
14
13
14
15
14
13
14
6
6
8
8
8
5
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