Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 21 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
11.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 8AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.8
ESE
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.7
E
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.7
E
0.1
SW
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)55666656151414141313131212126116666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31661051011191001122058819773333305164144146132
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
35
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
35
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
25
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.55
11:00AM
1.39
3:28PM
0.84
11:16PM
1.44
11:46AM
1.22
4:31PM
0.90
12:01AM
1.29
4:26AM
0.84
12:40PM
1.03
5:27PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.00
2:35PM
0.83
7:11PM
0.22
7:39AM
0.09
2:53PM
0.84
8:03PM
0.36
3:41AM
0.84
8:35AM
0.18
3:12PM
0.85
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---6:01-------6:00-------5:58----
Sunset-------8:10-------8:13-------8:14
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1086581011118788101112131098810131413
Feels °C (?)620-10233-1-200114632123688
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