Whitecliff Bay Surf Forecast

/ Isle of Wight (6 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks)

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Whitecliff Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 BST

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Whitecliff Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Whitecliff Bay sea temperature is 19.4° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whitecliff Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whitecliff Bay at 9AM is: 0.8m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Afternoon (21 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	3s
Evening (21 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	15s

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

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	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	SW	SW	ENE	E	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	4	4	4	4	3	6	15	5	5	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	20	20	27	19	3	1	10	18	19	7	16	15	15	13	12	12	22	20	19	19	20	10	16	8
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	S	WNW	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	NNW	N	NE	ENE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				10:56AM 3.38				11:12PM 3.50				11:42AM 3.61				11:55PM 3.68				12:22PM 3.78				12:34AM 3.79
Low Tide / height (m)	3:52AM 0.64					4:15PM 0.78				4:40AM 0.43				5:00PM 0.60				5:22AM 0.25				5:41PM 0.46

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun 24
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	17	18	20	20	18	16	16	15	16	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	18	18	19	20	18	17
Feels °C (?)	10	10	13	14	18	18	16	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	14	15	16	17	19	15	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Isle of Wight

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Whitecliff Bay (light winds from the N at Chichester 23 km from Whitecliff Bay). 0.1m 6s windswell from the WSW to make surfable waves.
2 hours 32 minutes ago Whitecliff Bay

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23 km away, 2 h 32 min ago

6 km/h

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19.4

Air / Water (°C)

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