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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 18 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
9.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 1AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.2
WSW
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)18161615151413131313455512444344454
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)366437362226171136884444251736292014117551019262726
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48PM
2.60
10:54AM
2.58
11:25PM
2.68
11:33AM
2.62
12:01AM
2.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
-0.05
3:58AM
0.11
4:15PM
-0.19
4:35AM
-0.01
4:52PM
-0.24
5:12AM
-0.08
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise------6:11-------6:09-------6:07-
Sunset-6:14-------6:15-------6:17------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111212109991113131111109811121210876710
Feels °C (?)4574443681066553789632125
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