Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Swanage today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Swanage at 10PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 11s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Swanage. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Thu morning. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | W 11 | WSW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 53 | 57 | 80 | 66 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 2 | 17 | 20 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 10:59PM1.34m | 11:17AM1.29m | 11:32PM1.20m | 11:49AM1.17m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:48PM0.23m | 7:04AM0.28m | 7:24PM0.36m | 7:39AM0.44m | 8:02PM0.48m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:17 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 |
Feels °C | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 11 | W 8 | SW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 6 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | — | — | — | — | SW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 53 | 57 | 80 | 66 | 48 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 17 | 20 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SW 11 | W 8 | W 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | W 5 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | — | W 3 | W 3 | W 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 5 | WSW 5 |
| kJ | 34 | 38 | 43 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 3 | 14 | 25 | 62 | 113 | 201 | 159 | 115 | 75 | 58 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 320 | 1355 | 137 | 137 | 137 | 32 | 32 | 55 | 55 | 32 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 246 | 467 | 511 | 320 | 320 | 320 |
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