Compton Bay surf break

Compton Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 BST
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Compton Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Compton Bay sea temperature is
10.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Compton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 9PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.7
W
0.9
W
1.1
W
0.9
WSW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1315141013131298844551515151514141414145
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11122010261443037291824122857406010610622014013851494732
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WSW
20
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
25
NNW
15
N
5
NE
5
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SE
30
SE
30
S
30
SW
30
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:30PM
1.99
3:44AM
1.96
4:23PM
1.88
4:38AM
1.88
5:25PM
1.82
5:40AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
0.62
8:39PM
0.80
9:04AM
0.80
9:25PM
0.99
10:06AM
0.95
10:44PM
1.12
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:22-------6:20
Sunset---7:47-------7:50-------7:52----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C15161718181615131414121087667777911119
Feels °C (?)141517191714131112963212342223452
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