Freshwater Bay surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 19 Mar 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
9.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 2PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (19 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (19 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.2
WSW
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313134554124412114455441212555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)884444251627291914765591927211491515202325
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
2.58
11:25PM
2.68
11:33AM
2.62
12:01AM
2.69
12:13PM
2.62
12:40AM
2.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
-0.19
4:35AM
-0.01
4:52PM
-0.24
5:12AM
-0.08
5:31PM
-0.20
5:52AM
-0.06
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------
Sunset---6:15-------6:17-------6:19----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C9121313111110981112121087671011119776
Feels °C (?)378966553789642125775332
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