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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 04 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
8.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 5PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (04 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.9
ESE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.8
SSE
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2
WSW
1.8
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1514141361312116212019191818171716161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84458136324924113283792542234741171179819451591131212679438868311621138216241318
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
ESE
35
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
40
ESE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
30
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
E
20
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
SSW
10
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
1.61
9:25PM
1.34
9:31AM
1.56
10:02PM
1.31
10:07AM
1.45
10:38PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
-0.24
5:16AM
0.14
5:38PM
-0.12
5:54AM
0.24
6:14PM
0.04
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise7:39-------7:37-------7:35-------
Sunset--5:04-------5:06-------5:07-----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1211--14551----1---
Temp. °C8999988991010999999910109999
Feels °C (?)1221-1-1032444555578752233
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