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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 9PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)81918181717161616161616161515141414131312121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108658969460048245931430630236749657464452542953656518614011374563532
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
15
W
10
W
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
1.01
6:22AM
1.22
6:44PM
1.08
6:54AM
1.30
7:17PM
1.13
7:25AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.36
1:55AM
0.41
2:22PM
0.25
2:28AM
0.34
2:54PM
0.14
3:00AM
0.28
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------8:02-------8:00-------8:00-
Sunset4:30-------4:31-------4:34-------
mod rain
light rain
cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
81--1-1111121----------1
Temp. °C1077888899999889998998788
Feels °C (?)234323333334334464654244
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