Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 09 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 9PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)--
Afternoon (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
1.2
S
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)4111016151515151514141451313678988161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)011112560107148223142140515067464233069114171676118793633018441571
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
5
NNW
5
SE
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
S
30
S
35
W
35
W
40
WSW
45
SW
50
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
0.80
12:32AM
0.99
5:29AM
0.82
1:01PM
0.80
6:23PM
0.86
1:25AM
0.88
5:53AM
0.89
6:49PM
0.93
6:00AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30PM
0.74
8:40PM
0.66
4:00AM
0.80
9:22AM
0.58
3:19PM
0.75
9:39PM
0.72
3:36AM
0.85
10:46AM
0.58
11:29PM
0.71
12:36PM
0.47
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:22-------6:20--
Sunset-7:52-------7:52-------7:54------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C12987666778101110979899998910
Feels °C (?)51000332214432-1-1-3-2-2-11124
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