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Swanage surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 GMT
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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
9.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Swanage today?

The current surf forecast for Swanage at 11AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
WSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010101045666781918181717161616161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21218415612410065002662202536115605896946794871837381306302306574653
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
15
S
25
SSW
30
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
45
S
60
S
35
WNW
20
W
20
SW
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.07
5:27PM
0.95
5:47AM
1.14
6:08PM
1.01
6:22AM
1.22
6:44PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
0.56
1:13PM
0.48
1:17AM
0.49
1:49PM
0.36
1:55AM
0.41
2:22PM
0.25
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise--8:03-------8:03-------8:02-----
Sunset----4:29-------4:30-------4:31---
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------6941--13111111
Temp. °C655791098109991067898899999
Feels °C (?)11135521345-1-2-21322222344
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