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Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 12 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
8.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 4PM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)8ft (2.4m)17s
Afternoon (12 Feb)10ft (3.0m)16s
Evening (12 Feb)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
2
2
4
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)17171615151414131313131212121212131313131313126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)337848264451359527792541197014081099757604449341287223172136140136130132320224389
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
20
N
10
NNW
5
W
15
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
1.74
7:43AM
1.90
8:46PM
1.89
8:52AM
2.05
9:33PM
2.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.93
1:13AM
0.94
1:47PM
0.76
2:00AM
0.80
2:27PM
0.57
2:39AM
0.64
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise7:24-------7:22-------7:20-------
Sunset--5:15-------5:17-------5:20-----
rain showers
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part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
1---------111---------16
Temp. °C10109988888997532124555533
Feels °C (?)432334566650-4-6-7-7-5-2120-4-7-7
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