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Niton surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 GMT
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Niton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Niton sea temperature is
7.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Niton today?

The current surf forecast for Niton at 8AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.8
SSE
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)16151514141413131312121211887777411191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)546597777536463363304245162147553430241714141414193157112138
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
SE
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ESE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41AM
3.33
11:08PM
3.38
11:17AM
3.51
11:43PM
3.56
11:51AM
3.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
0.94
4:09PM
0.68
4:23AM
0.81
4:46PM
0.51
5:00AM
0.69
5:20PM
0.37
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise--7:58-------7:58-------7:56-----
Sunset----4:30-------4:32-------4:34---
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------11----------
Temp. °C98899999999101099910910101010109
Feels °C (?)334565555446654465556643
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