Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). 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)15s
Evening (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
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
0.2
WSW
0.7
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)151515161514141413121212121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10985936460491818171515151515151514141313119121111
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
25
NNW
25
N
15
NNW
10
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
1.37
7:56PM
1.33
8:00AM
1.44
8:27PM
1.41
8:35AM
1.48
8:59PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
0.15
3:20PM
-0.11
3:41AM
0.07
3:58PM
-0.13
4:18AM
0.04
4:34PM
-0.09
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:47-------6:45-------6:43------
Sunset-----7:37-------7:38-------7:39--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9910131514121098911111111109769101088
Feels °C (?)667101210876568888761056645
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