Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 16 Jan 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
7.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 8AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)171616161616161616151514141413131212121211887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48732631430630230241655355346555866751435730424519669553430231514
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
2.12
9:58PM
2.10
10:01AM
2.24
10:36PM
2.23
10:38AM
2.35
11:12PM
2.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
0.69
2:47PM
0.49
2:59AM
0.58
3:23PM
0.34
3:35AM
0.47
3:58PM
0.21
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise--8:00-------8:00-------7:58-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:31-------4:32---
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11-111111---------1-----
Temp. °C88999999988888898889991010
Feels °C (?)334333454345555644455577
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