Compton Bay surf break

Compton Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 12 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
10.5° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Compton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Compton Bay at 9PM is: 1.7m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (12 Apr)7ft (2.2m)16s
Evening (12 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.9
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)161616151499131381281098874666888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)313728312119143494720712911379984410917911659502126696951965951
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
W
0
NNW
5
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:50PM
1.95
7:58AM
1.97
8:55PM
2.12
9:00AM
2.11
9:46PM
2.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.83
1:55AM
0.92
2:13PM
0.61
2:38AM
0.71
2:53PM
0.38
3:16AM
0.47
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13
Sunset---7:54-------7:55-------7:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------1-----
Temp. °C10101010988791010109910999101112121211
Feels °C (?)333445666656567544579987
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