Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
9.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (03 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
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 (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.2
WSW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111010101514141313131255124444441312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)629564414308222163176167151878442384028141210112122184239
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.29
7:20AM
1.53
7:51PM
1.37
7:57AM
1.58
8:25PM
1.42
8:33AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:43PM
-0.20
3:00AM
0.05
3:22PM
-0.25
3:38AM
0.02
3:59PM
-0.23
4:16AM
0.04
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------6:48-------6:46-------6:43-
Sunset5:49-------5:51-------5:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111212121110101112129878810101113121110910
Feels °C (?)69101086678843244667977645
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