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Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 06 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
8.8° C
 (Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (07 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.1
SW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.4
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)6677771313561268758911121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)04553631831241484336366871179609061448197323201112614505389448
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
45
WSW
30
WNW
25
NW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
10
W
5
S
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
S
25
SSW
45
S
30
S
80
NW
65
NW
50
NW
45
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglassoffcross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
1.26
1:46AM
0.99
9:51AM
1.52
10:28PM
1.19
2:31AM
0.98
10:31AM
1.40
11:12PM
1.11
3:12AM
0.96
11:11AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:36AM
0.97
5:41AM
0.21
6:07PM
-0.12
1:15AM
0.95
6:23AM
0.32
6:48PM
0.02
1:54AM
0.94
7:05AM
0.44
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
Sunset------4:20-------4:21-------4:22-
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-43----------277322-----
Temp. °C7764466566767691093555665
Feels °C (?)-3-3-2-3-4-2-10342032412-14-9-6-6-5-4-5
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