Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
9.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1AM is: 0.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
W
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616151515151215141414131212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214208206113109859314660492918171515151515151514141313
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
N
10
N
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
25
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
1.23
7:24AM
1.37
7:56PM
1.33
8:00AM
1.44
8:27PM
1.41
8:35AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
-0.04
3:01AM
0.15
3:20PM
-0.11
3:41AM
0.07
3:58PM
-0.13
4:18AM
0.04
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-----6:47-------6:45-------6:43--
Sunset-7:36-------7:37-------7:38------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C12109999101315141211109101111121111109810
Feels °C (?)535566710121198767878886527
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