Isle of Wight Surf

Detailed Isle of Wight surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Isle of Wight. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Isle of Wight. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Isle of Wight over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Isle of Wight and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Isle of Wight Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Isle of Wight Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Isle of Wight coastline are also listed below.

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Isle of Wight Wavefinder

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	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period(s)	12	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10
Energy	250	96	57	95	145	116	102	67	61	34	21	15	23	27	23	23	18	14	13	12	2	2
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 2.46	3:40AM 2.35		4:26PM 2.36		4:35AM 2.23	5:44PM 3.30		5:33AM 2.12	6:24PM 2.22		6:36AM 2.05		7:28PM 2.20	7:47AM 2.02		8:31PM 2.21	8:57AM 2.04		9:27PM 2.24	9:56AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.47	8:50AM 0.23		9:19PM 0.68	9:54AM 0.42		10:33PM 0.82	11:11AM 0.55		12:00AM 0.84	12:28PM 0.58		1:12AM 0.76		1:29PM 0.56	2:05AM 0.63		2:19PM 0.51	2:50AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	19	18	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	24	25	16	16	16	12	14
Low °C	14	15	17	18	19	16	18	21	20	21	22	21	22	23	21	21	20	10	12	16	10	12
Chill °C (?)	14	16	19	18	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	24	25	24	25	14	15	15	9	12
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	8:54	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:59	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	8	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	-	-	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	15	14	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	6

	Thursday 21							Friday 22								Saturday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	341	247	250	209	96	67	42	57	70	71	95	112	145	148	117	116	108	107	102	100	67	65
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:48AM 2.46				3:31PM 2.46				3:40AM 2.35					4:26PM 2.36				4:35AM 2.23				5:23PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)			8:44AM 0.35				8:20PM 0.47				8:50AM 0.23				9:19PM 0.68				9:54AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	16	18	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	14	14	16	17	18	19	18	18	18	19	20	21	21	21	16	18	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	1011	341	341	287	288	247	243	202	250	250	209	209	208	96	96	87	67	67	68	67	42	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 2.46													3:31PM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)							7:56AM 0.04													8:20PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	3

Isle of Wight Surf Breaks

Compton Bay

beach

Freshwater Bay

reef and point

Niton

point

Shanklin (Hope Beach)

sandbar

Ventnor

beach

Whitecliff Bay

beach

For the Isle of Wight to have a decent wave a good sized southerly swell needs to come up the channel. Compton, Freshwater Bay and Niton are all ideally situated for this. Freshwater can get quite rippy and has rocks around so it's not for beginners. On a decent SW swell you can land a decent hollow right of the point. Decent road network with plenty of places to sleep, eat and park.

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