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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 29 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
8.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
5
0
0
0
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.6
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
2.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)161716161414131313121218181717171616161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153715671347104182571639828240524871246754622632810546749347804299346417872839212919001695
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
S
40
SE
35
SE
20
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
2.12
8:05PM
2.08
8:30AM
2.24
9:18PM
2.28
9:33AM
2.42
10:13PM
2.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
0.68
12:54PM
0.54
1:20AM
0.57
1:54PM
0.32
2:17AM
0.41
2:46PM
0.09
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise--7:46-------7:45-------7:43-----
Sunset----4:52-------4:52-------4:54---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------371---3111--11----
Temp. °C878889898999899788999888
Feels °C (?)411112134332-114-201112454
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