Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Swanage sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.0° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
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
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
7
0.7
SW
7
0.7
SW
8
0.6
WSW
8
0.5
SW
7
0.5
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.8
ESE
4
1.1
ESE
5
1.2
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.8
ESE
4
1
SE
4
1.4
SSE
5
1.4
S
5
0.1
SW
14
1.1
WSW
12
2.2
SW
11
1.9
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
75
56
62
39
27
26
14
22
61
73
46
36
26
36
95
110
8
370
1089
835
716
730
716
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
10
E
10
E
20
ESE
20
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
30
SE
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
25
S
40
S
40
S
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:20AM1.56m
9:31PM1.61m
9:53AM1.57m
10:08PM1.58m
10:29AM1.54m
Low Tide
4:52AM-0.08m
5:13PM0.06m
5:32AM-0.03m
5:53PM0.08m
6:13AM0.06m
6:37PM0.12m
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Temp °C
14
14
14
16
17
17
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16
16
17
18
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20
20
19
19
19
18
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
12
13
12
14
15
13
13
12
13
14
15
18
18
17
16
16
14
14
14
12
12
14
14
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