Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 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
9.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 3PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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 (?)
0.5
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.8
WSW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)661266114114566667666666678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)181414131212191122851852232543303783362792161711771972475831161
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
25
N
20
N
10
NNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
2.53
12:25AM
2.59
12:37PM
2.51
12:54AM
2.53
1:08PM
2.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.11
5:10PM
-0.03
5:29AM
0.06
5:45PM
0.01
6:04AM
0.07
6:20PM
0.11
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:41-------6:39-------6:35------
Sunset-----7:38-------7:39-------7:42--
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------11------------
Temp. °C9679101098891011111111111111111113131111
Feels °C (?)501655542235556766546512
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