Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 27 Feb 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
8.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 10AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)77810101010101010101111151414146788897
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)513777736964753609509425309188208307291851305297336277623862713601433194
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
W
20
N
30
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
2.05
8:04PM
2.09
8:24AM
2.20
9:10PM
2.30
9:22AM
2.39
10:00PM
2.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
0.60
1:12AM
0.69
1:44PM
0.38
2:07AM
0.51
2:33PM
0.15
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--6:54-------6:52-------6:50-----
Sunset----5:42-------5:44-------5:45---
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
31-----1-1--------22----
Temp. °C101010111010109877999899989910109
Feels °C (?)323566873135444422-102443
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