Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 15 Sep 2025 BST
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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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 9AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (15 Sep)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

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Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.7
WSW
1.8
SW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)999999888776666655566666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2200263926962471289024031553106885654227623019418110874544698183237196164145
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
45
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:17AM
2.06
5:45PM
2.04
6:41AM
1.99
7:10PM
2.02
8:13AM
2.05
8:35PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.78
11:19PM
0.73
12:06PM
0.90
12:57AM
0.69
1:33PM
0.82
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thu
18
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:43------
Sunset-----7:21-------7:19-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1-----------12------
Temp. °C151515161616151414141516171615151515161616161616
Feels °C (?)66666776779911111111119101011121313
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Freshwater Bay (light winds from the SW at Burton wx 21 km from Freshwater Bay). A 3.7m swell from the WSW is too big for here

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21 km away, 1 h 8 min ago

11 km/h
SW
0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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