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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 16 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
7.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 8PM is: 0.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)--
Afternoon (16 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
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
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.8
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)161616161615151414141313121212121188847104
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3023024165536284597776765143633042451997155343023151420142429
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ESE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
2.10
10:01AM
2.24
10:36PM
2.23
10:38AM
2.35
11:12PM
2.34
11:13AM
2.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:47PM
0.49
2:59AM
0.58
3:23PM
0.34
3:35AM
0.47
3:58PM
0.21
4:09AM
0.39
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise------8:00-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset4:30-------4:31-------4:32-------
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light rain
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C91010998899999889109910109999
Feels °C (?)344343467665445655665555
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