Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 27 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
9.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 7PM is: 0.3m 23s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 27). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (27 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)21s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.1
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.5
W
0.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)4452321201817161616151414131364567777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1950109211171361621481321248858545245171900415557390214148
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
30
SW
30
WSW
20
WNW
20
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
30
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
2.03
6:47AM
2.04
7:47PM
2.15
8:04AM
2.18
8:49PM
2.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03AM
0.71
11:49PM
0.88
12:29PM
0.59
1:01AM
0.73
1:28PM
0.40
1:53AM
0.54
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise5:54------5:52-------5:50-------5:47
Sunset---6:29-------6:30-------6:31----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-12---------------------
Temp. °C1091010965568887776799891086
Feels °C (?)53454-1-2-2-20-100121210-12531
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