Ventnor surf break

Ventnor surfForecast / Isle of Wight / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 BST
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Ventnor surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ventnor sea temperature is
17.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ventnor today?

The current surf forecast for Ventnor at 11AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.7
SW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)77121266111177101010101010109999958
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4033132532981429363574542122818386858381787555541381541241
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
0
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSW
40
SSW
60
SW
50
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
3.20
10:19PM
3.29
10:50AM
3.48
11:05PM
3.54
11:31AM
3.71
11:45PM
3.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
0.95
3:30PM
1.04
3:53AM
0.73
4:16PM
0.83
4:34AM
0.53
4:54PM
0.64
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:43-------6:45-------6:47------
Sunset-----7:13-------7:10-------7:07--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171818181817171817171819202018181717171919201615
Feels °C (?)1214141315151517171717171820171716171517181365
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Isle of Wight

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Ventnor (fresh winds from the WSW at Wight:St.Catherines Point 7 km from Ventnor). 1.4m 6s windswell from the SW with a 0.5m 6s windswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 54 min ago

35 km/h
WSW
Cross-Shore
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