Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 1PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.8
E
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010444556666666121514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9468573938382419199203142731341431211391381382146920
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
E
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
25
E
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
E
35
E
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
2.63
1:19AM
2.62
1:49PM
2.58
2:06AM
2.52
2:41PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
-0.18
6:11PM
-0.14
6:34AM
-0.16
6:55PM
0.00
7:18AM
-0.05
7:41PM
0.21
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:03-------6:01-------6:00------
Sunset-----8:06-------8:07-------8:08--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C879121313121110891011109766911121088
Feels °C (?)3249101086633454300-12342-10
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