Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 21 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 1.3°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 1AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Afternoon (22 Jan)6ft (1.9m)16s
Evening (22 Jan)7ft (2.1m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3
S
2.3
SSE
2
SSE
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1
SW
2.4
SSE
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)877710111616161515141467181717161615141416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116490550835335037510551901180913491825130739543155175139780120641104382655358263316391750
Wind
(km/h)
50
SSE
50
SSE
35
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
S
50
SSE
50
SSE
55
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononcrosscross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
2.48
12:59AM
2.48
12:56PM
2.44
1:35AM
2.46
1:32PM
2.37
2:13AM
2.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
-0.04
5:54AM
0.30
6:15PM
-0.03
6:33AM
0.34
6:53PM
0.03
7:14AM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------7:54-------7:54-------7:52-
Sunset4:37-------4:39-------4:40-------
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-11---11----21------21-
Temp. °C1010910109999888877788877777
Feels °C (?)0024434452310-3-3-4-3-4-2-3-1-2-1-1
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