Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
11.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 10PM is: 0.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 21). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)--
Afternoon (21 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (21 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.7
E
0.2
WSW
0.2
W
0.2
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
E
1.3
E
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)661511111413131312121266556661096612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1162072210977333330101941131191191465955134116134
Wind
(km/h)
35
E
35
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
E
45
E
35
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28PM
0.84
11:16PM
1.44
11:46AM
1.22
4:31PM
0.90
12:01AM
1.29
4:26AM
0.84
12:40PM
1.03
5:27PM
0.97
12:56AM
1.13
5:16AM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.83
7:11PM
0.22
7:39AM
0.09
2:53PM
0.84
8:03PM
0.36
3:41AM
0.84
8:35AM
0.18
3:12PM
0.85
9:02PM
0.49
4:07AM
0.89
9:40AM
0.26
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----6:00-------5:58-------5:56--
Sunset-8:10-------8:13-------8:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111188881011111210101091113131410877911
Feels °C (?)43-1-1-1-1213534434567311135
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