Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
16.8°C
2.3° 

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 (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 11s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2AM is: 4.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (25 Oct)10ft (3.0m)7s
Evening (25 Oct)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (gales from the WSW on Sat afternoon, moderate winds from the SW by Sun night).

Sat
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SW
9
5
SW
10
5
SW
11
4
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
11
3.5
WSW
11
3
WSW
11
3
WSW
8
3
WSW
7
2.4
WSW
11
2.1
WSW
11
1.8
WSW
6
1
SW
10
1.6
SW
5
0.9
WSW
11
3
SW
7
3
SW
8
3
SW
8
3
SW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2799
5264
5604
3953
3003
2795
2614
1038
769
1316
954
241
208
0
186
786
1132
1029
1187
Wind (km/h)
65
SW
65
WSW
55
W
50
W
50
W
50
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
45
S
50
SSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:25PM1.39m
7:50AM1.47m
7:59PM1.49m
8:21AM1.57m
8:35PM1.55m
Low Tide
2:54PM0.24m
3:07AM0.04m
3:33PM0.13m
3:48AM-0.01m
4:13PM0.04m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
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5:58
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4:57
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 mm
8
4
2
2
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Temp °C
14
16
15
12
12
11
12
13
13
12
12
13
13
13
13
16
16
17
17
Feels °C
2
5
6
1
1
0
1
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5
5
8
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10
9
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