Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Swanage today (28 Aug):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 7s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Swanage at 3AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (28 Aug) | - | - |
| Evening (28 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Swanage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | WSW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 7 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 382 | 380 | 350 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 469 | 1689 | 1991 | 1119 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off |
High Tide | 8:22PM1.46m | 8:47AM1.30m | 8:50PM1.53m | 9:15AM1.38m | 9:20PM1.59m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:53PM0.23m | 4:14AM-0.05m | 4:25PM0.18m | 4:46AM-0.10m | 4:59PM0.16m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:00 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 4 | E 4 | SW 7 | — | SW 7 | SW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 12 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | WSW 7 | — | W 8 | WSW 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 4 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | SW 4 | SW 7 | SW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 9 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 13 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 95 | 284 | 382 | 380 | 350 | 230 | 156 | 183 | 469 | 1689 | 1991 | 1119 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 253 | 253 | 234 | 228 | 203 | 246 | 329 | 356 | 356 | 246 | 188 | 110 | 109 | 446 | 338 | 196 | 801 | 660 | 227 |
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