Swanage Surf Forecast

/ South Coast (36 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (50.61° N 1.96° W)

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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 17.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	6	6	6	12	11	11	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	5	6	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	381	278	196	0	68	64	47	63	46	130	96	96	102	102	98	83	81	58	55	55	32	0	363	1277
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	S	SSW	SW	W	WSW	WSW	SSE	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:03AM 1.09			6:38PM 1.21					7:21AM 1.14				7:10PM 1.32				7:43AM 1.24				7:44PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 0.18				1:57PM 0.33				2:23AM 0.04				2:41PM 0.21				3:04AM -0.07				3:21PM 0.13

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	18	18	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	15	14
Feels °C (?)	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	17	17	16	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	15	17	11	5	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 20 km from Swanage has become light (light winds from the SSW at Burton wx). Waves should be turning clean at Swanage. 1.5m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.6m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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20 km away, 33 min ago

10 km/h

SSW

0.0

17.6

Air / Water (°C)

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