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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 27 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
8.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 2AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)6ft (1.8m)18s
Evening (28 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)17s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
3
3
1
0
3
4
3
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
2
S
2
SSW
0.9
SW
2.1
SW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)712141313131318181817171617161615141366121617
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8783368418625491890154411202354205317291690159415371567124096468551439828230025222974386
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
35
SW
25
SW
15
WSW
15
S
25
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossoncross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.98
5:34AM
2.10
6:21PM
1.97
7:04AM
2.12
8:05PM
2.08
8:30AM
2.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.67
11:38AM
0.70
12:10AM
0.68
12:54PM
0.54
1:20AM
0.57
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise------7:47-------7:46-------7:45-
Sunset4:47-------4:50-------4:52-------
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
1112-2-------------2-11-
Temp. °C987777899887777888888889
Feels °C (?)101321566444321121112433
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