Swanage Surf Break

Lat Long: 50.61° N 1.96° W

Swanage 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swanage sea temperature is
18.9°C
3.0° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 11PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
7
0.5
SW
7
0.4
SW
7
0.8
E
4
1.1
ESE
5
1.3
ESE
5
1.1
ESE
5
0.9
ESE
5
0.9
SE
4
1.1
SE
4
1.1
SSE
5
1.1
S
5
1.2
S
5
2
SSW
12
1.9
SW
11
1.8
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.6
SW
11
1.7
SW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
26
14
20
61
82
62
44
29
46
59
59
61
1026
819
716
606
606
659
Wind (km/h)
10
E
15
E
15
E
25
E
25
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
15
S
35
SSE
35
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:31PM1.61m
9:53AM1.57m
10:08PM1.58m
10:29AM1.54m
Low Tide
5:13PM0.06m
5:32AM-0.03m
5:53PM0.08m
6:13AM0.06m
6:37PM0.12m
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light rain
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clear
clear
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6:52
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1
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1
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Temp °C
17
17
16
16
17
17
18
19
20
21
20
20
19
18
17
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
15
14
14
13
14
14
14
17
17
18
17
19
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
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