Swanage surf break

Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 11 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 2AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)7ft (2.1m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)888888161616151414131388118889779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9981301156214531207838325626762242649305203118836995297866967124431426
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
NW
5
WNW
0
SSW
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
20
S
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
0.93
6:00AM
0.97
6:57PM
1.01
6:12AM
1.08
6:57PM
1.12
6:35AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:29PM
0.71
12:36PM
0.47
1:07AM
0.61
1:29PM
0.32
1:53AM
0.47
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:18-------6:16--
Sunset-7:54-------7:57-------7:58------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------1-------1
Temp. °C99999991010987779910109999109
Feels °C (?)-1-1-1-101133345556356556654
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