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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 24 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
8.0° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 4AM is: 2.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jan)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (25 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (25 Jan)6ft (1.8m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.9
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1716161515141414171616151413121267777798
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52481922258615679536676488211753145611648446394373062022575273365015497751414897
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
20
SW
20
S
30
SSE
30
SE
30
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SE
50
SE
50
S
35
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
2.33
2:52PM
2.17
3:36AM
2.25
3:44PM
2.07
4:28AM
2.16
4:50PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
0.16
8:01AM
0.52
8:23PM
0.33
8:57AM
0.64
9:23PM
0.53
10:10AM
0.73
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise----7:50-------7:50-------7:48---
Sunset------4:45-------4:45-------4:47-
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light rain
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-21--111-------2465--133
Temp. °C9988887887678888891098876
Feels °C (?)14311113332333220-1014542
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