Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
20.5° C
3.9° 

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 (07 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Aug, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 5s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 1AM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Aug)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (07 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
6
Friday
7
Saturday
8
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.9
SW
5
0.6
WSW
5
0.5
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
4
0.3
WSW
5
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
6
0.3
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
4
0.2
WSW
3
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
9
0.1
W
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
2
33
15
12
4
5
2
2
2
1
3
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Wind (km/h)
20
W
25
W
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
1:36PM1.14m
1:54AM1.09m
2:59PM1.07m
3:40AM0.98m
4:46PM1.10m
Low Tide
9:41PM0.52m
10:07AM0.43m
11:08PM0.53m
11:44AM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:45
8:43
8:40
 mm
Temp °C
19
19
17
16
15
13
16
18
19
19
18
17
16
15
18
19
20
21
21
Feels °C
14
14
13
12
12
11
14
15
14
15
15
14
14
14
17
17
17
18
18
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