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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 14 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: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 14). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s
Afternoon (15 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
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
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
1
WSW
0.6
SW
2.2
S
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SE
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)131312127121267888111212131414141313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14020529212242725014015675101410899511594200222652275218020491407863669509394331
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
35
S
40
S
40
SSE
30
S
20
WSW
30
W
50
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
45
W
45
W
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
10
NW
5
SSW
10
S
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
1.05
6:41AM
1.27
7:06PM
1.14
7:07AM
1.39
7:33PM
1.23
7:35AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:05AM
0.36
2:29PM
0.13
2:36AM
0.27
2:59PM
-0.00
3:08AM
0.20
3:31PM
-0.10
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise----7:20-------7:18-------7:16---
Sunset------5:22-------5:24-------5:27-
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1123221----------------
Temp. °C544471010108877788877544566
Feels °C (?)-2-4-5-50640-1-1-2-3-2-2-20-10-2-20220
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