Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
18.9° C
3.4° 

Swanage surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Swanage today (15 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (15 Jul)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue night, light winds from the ENE by Thu afternoon).

Tue
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 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
Period (s)
0.7
E
5
0.7
E
5
0.4
E
4
0.8
E
4
1
E
5
1.3
E
6
0.1
W
10
1.2
E
6
1
E
6
0.9
E
5
0.9
E
6
1.1
E
5
1.1
E
6
1
ENE
6
1
E
5
1
E
5
0.9
E
5
0.8
E
5
0.8
E
5
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.1
SW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
25
6
19
47
106
2
102
62
43
48
69
80
69
59
53
41
32
34
5
5
4
4
2
Wind (km/h)
15
E
10
SE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
25
ENE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
30
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
ENE
25
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
SSE
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
8:27PM1.60m
8:59AM1.35m
12:33PM1.00m
9:09PM1.64m
9:43AM1.35m
1:29PM1.02m
9:51PM1.63m
10:26AM1.31m
Low Tide
4:09PM0.07m
4:37AM-0.26m
12:15PM1.00m
4:54PM0.05m
5:21AM-0.32m
12:44PM1.02m
5:38PM0.06m
6:04AM-0.31m
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:11
5:11
5:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
9:15
9:14
9:13
9:12
 mm
Temp °C
25
25
24
21
18
18
23
26
26
27
24
21
19
17
22
23
26
25
20
20
19
19
21
23
Feels °C
23
23
21
17
14
13
19
22
22
23
18
17
15
12
18
19
23
24
18
19
16
15
18
20
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