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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 10 Feb 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
8.9° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 9AM is: 0.8m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (10 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)18s
Evening (10 Feb)6ft (1.8m)17s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)101010191817171611111414141414141313171716151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)302451531665777249919271591777132728453180290923851996146314961634485654665041607934442544
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
25
S
10
N
15
WSW
20
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoffcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
0.95
12:29PM
0.85
4:13AM
0.90
4:45PM
0.82
5:08AM
0.97
5:36PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.68
8:21PM
0.66
12:18PM
0.70
12:11AM
0.68
1:04PM
0.56
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise--7:28-------7:26-------7:26-----
Sunset----5:15-------5:15-------5:17---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---11----1---1651------1
Temp. °C1010101010111010101110101010999991010998
Feels °C (?)776656465422457652133334
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