Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 GMT
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Freshwater Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Freshwater Bay sea temperature is
9.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)6s
Evening (24 Mar)11ft (3.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
W
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)445567888996131313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1426448320753711831255126214869654193042531781381131096210385582914
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
50
SW
55
WSW
45
W
45
W
50
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:06AM
2.37
2:36PM
2.28
2:58AM
2.21
3:38PM
2.13
4:01AM
2.08
4:53PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.22
7:44PM
0.40
8:14AM
0.44
8:44PM
0.67
9:25AM
0.64
10:07PM
0.87
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise--6:01------5:58-------5:56------
Sunset-----6:23-------6:25-------6:27--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------11----------------
Temp. °C99101011111187657765553579877
Feels °C (?)4443310-3-3-5-6-4-3-3-4-3-2-4-113211
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