Studland - Shell Bay (Beach) (Dorset) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Cloudy.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, the wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding not recommended for beginners/intermediate

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    8 day forecast for Studland - Shell Bay (Beach)

    Today (3 April 2025)
    Time
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Overcast Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed
    E
    17
    E
    18
    ESE
    17
    ESE
    15
    ESE
    13
    ESE
    11
    ESE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    22
    20
    17
    15
    14
    12
    Visibility
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    76%
    77%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    87%
    UV 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    17
    17
    17
    15
    13
    11
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (4 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    13°
    14°
    16°
    16°
    17°
    17°
    18°
    18°
    18°
    17°
    17°
    16°
    15°
    14°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    E
    8
    E
    7
    E
    7
    ENE
    7
    ENE
    7
    NE
    7
    NE
    8
    NE
    8
    NE
    9
    ENE
    11
    ENE
    13
    ENE
    15
    E
    15
    E
    14
    E
    14
    E
    14
    E
    15
    E
    16
    E
    16
    E
    16
    ENE
    16
    ENE
    18
    ENE
    19
    ENE
    20
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    10
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    16
    19
    21
    23
    26
    27
    28
    29
    29
    28
    27
    23
    23
    23
    25
    25
    26
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    88%
    89%
    90%
    90%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    84%
    81%
    77%
    75%
    75%
    74%
    71%
    66%
    65%
    64%
    64%
    65%
    65%
    65%
    66%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    8
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    9
    9
    10
    12
    14
    15
    14
    13
    14
    15
    16
    16
    15
    16
    18
    19
    19
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.4
    0.3
    0.3
    0.3
    0.4
    0.4
    0.5
    0.6
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    4
    4
    4
    4
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Saturday (5 April 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    13°
    12°
    10°
    13°
    17°
    18°
    15°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    14°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    20
    ENE
    19
    NE
    18
    NE
    17
    ENE
    16
    E
    18
    E
    17
    E
    17
    ENE
    18
    Wind gust (mph)
    27
    27
    27
    28
    29
    28
    25
    26
    25
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    66%
    67%
    74%
    75%
    71%
    65%
    63%
    59%
    60%
    UV - - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    19
    19
    18
    17
    16
    19
    18
    17
    18
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.7
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Sunday (6 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    NE
    15
    NE
    15
    ENE
    15
    ENE
    16
    ESE
    15
    SE
    16
    ESE
    13
    ENE
    14
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    23
    24
    24
    23
    20
    18
    20
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    65%
    74%
    76%
    67%
    66%
    67%
    65%
    60%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    15
    15
    15
    16
    15
    16
    12
    13
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    7
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (7 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    13°
    13°
    11°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    11°
    11°
    10°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    13
    NE
    10
    NE
    9
    E
    9
    SE
    10
    SE
    9
    SSE
    6
    SSE
    5
    Wind gust (mph)
    18
    16
    16
    15
    15
    13
    8
    7
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    64%
    69%
    75%
    71%
    70%
    67%
    66%
    68%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    12
    9
    9
    9
    9
    9
    6
    5
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    8
    9
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (8 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    14°
    15°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    13°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    7
    NE
    8
    NNE
    8
    ENE
    10
    SE
    11
    SSE
    10
    E
    8
    ESE
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    9
    10
    11
    13
    11
    10
    8
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    73%
    74%
    76%
    75%
    74%
    77%
    76%
    76%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    8
    8
    9
    11
    9
    7
    8
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.2
    0.3
    0.3
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    8
    8
    9
    9
    12
    14
    13
    13
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (9 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    14°
    16°
    14°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    14°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    11
    NE
    11
    NE
    11
    NE
    12
    ENE
    12
    E
    10
    ENE
    9
    ENE
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    15
    16
    15
    12
    10
    9
    9
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    75%
    76%
    81%
    80%
    77%
    78%
    77%
    76%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (10 April 2025)
    Time
    01:00
    04:00
    07:00
    10:00
    13:00
    16:00
    19:00
    22:00
    Weather symbols Clear night Clear night Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature (°C)
    11°
    15°
    16°
    14°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    15°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    ENE
    10
    N
    9
    N
    9
    NNE
    9
    NE
    10
    NNE
    10
    NNW
    10
    NNW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    11
    11
    10
    10
    11
    10
    11
    12
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    77%
    76%
    81%
    79%
    77%
    76%
    77%
    80%
    UV - - 1 2 4 2 1 -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Thursday 3 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 3 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 3 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 3 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 4 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 4 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 4 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 4 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 5 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 5 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 5 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Saturday 5 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 6 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 6 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 6 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 6 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 7 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 7 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 7 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 7 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 8 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 9 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 10 April

    Tide times and heights are from Poole (Entrance) tidal station which is 0.5 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    South West England weather forecast

    Headline:

    Some rain this evening. Drier again on Friday with sunshine.

    This Evening and Tonight:

    A chance of further showers this evening and overnight, with more general rain across Devon and Cornwall, albeit not everywhere. A few showers continuing by the morning with patchy low cloud developing in places. Milder. Minimum temperature 8 °C.

    Friday:

    Any showers clearing to leave sunny spells. Increasingly sunny by the afternoon. Temperatures above average and feeling warm albeit cooler on coasts with brisk easterly winds again. Maximum temperature 23 °C.

    Outlook for Saturday to Monday:

    Mainly sunny over the weekend and into next week too. Temperatures generally lower than on Friday with chilly nights but feeling warm in the sunshine. Brisk easterly winds continuing.

    Updated:

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