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Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 18 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
8.7° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 12PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
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
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 (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SSE
0.2
WSW
0.4
SE
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
S
3
S
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121111877774124181817161616167888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)743635333022141413131114611819422237631421437169110411139717
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
E
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
S
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
40
S
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
50
SSE
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.38
7:48PM
1.19
7:55AM
1.46
8:19PM
1.23
8:25AM
1.52
8:51PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.28
3:25PM
0.05
3:32AM
0.23
3:57PM
-0.03
4:06AM
0.21
4:31PM
-0.08
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise--8:00-------7:58-------7:58-----
Sunset----4:35-------4:37-------4:37---
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-1---11-----1---------34
Temp. °C778101091010999999999889101098
Feels °C (?)32578676666566532-1-3-2-1-1-21
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