Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
20.0°C
3.4° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (06 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 21°C on Sun night, min 14°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the WSW by Mon night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
0.6
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
12
0.4
SW
6
0.4
SW
6
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
10
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
9
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
6
0.2
WSW
9
0.1
SW
18
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.5
SW
14
1.2
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
13
0.6
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
14
9
11
10
9
4
8
4
4
7
12
42
40
75
99
472
114
104
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
5
W
0
S
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
2:18PM1.03m
3:30AM0.90m
7:12AM0.89m
4:35PM1.04m
6:20AM0.98m
7:40AM0.98m
5:53PM1.17m
Low Tide
10:57PM0.47m
5:28AM0.88m
11:38AM0.53m
00:35AM0.34m
7:07AM0.98m
1:05PM0.42m
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clear
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part cloud
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clear
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clear
clear
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part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
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cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:45
7:43
7:39
 mm
Temp °C
18
16
16
16
16
16
17
18
20
20
21
20
18
17
19
20
19
18
17
Feels °C
14
14
15
16
14
13
14
15
18
18
20
19
17
16
17
16
14
14
14
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