Isle of Wight Surf

Isle of Wight Surf Forecast

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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	Wed		Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period(s)	5	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	5	9	11	11	11
Energy	117	119	59	647	290	135	226	130	50	39	22	16	15	5	4	4	9	44	18	28	32	49
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	7:00PM 2.21	7:44PM 3.21	7:12AM 2.04		7:59PM 2.27	8:25AM 2.13		9:59PM 3.53	9:45AM 2.26		10:11PM 2.44	10:53AM 2.41		11:11PM 2.53	11:52AM 2.54		12:05AM 2.60	12:45PM 2.63		12:56AM 2.64		1:36PM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)		1:58AM 0.95		1:27PM 0.48	2:06AM 0.50		2:25PM 0.35	3:40AM 0.45		3:17PM 0.21	3:45AM 0.06		4:06PM 0.10		4:32AM -0.11	4:53PM 0.05		5:19AM -0.22	5:40PM 0.06		6:06AM -0.25	6:27PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	12	16	16	17	18	16	18	19	17	19	20	18	15	16	16	17	19	15	15	16
Low °C	14	12	12	14	14	15	17	12	15	18	14	17	20	14	15	16	15	16	17	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	9	14	14	16	17	15	18	19	16	19	20	18	14	15	15	16	19	14	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-
Sunset	9:15	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20	-	-	9:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	4	7	11	10	10	10	10	5	4	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	6	6	-	-	-	10	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	5	6	5	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	4	3	4	4	4

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Niton Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Whitecliff 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	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Energy	117	158	146	119	116	76	59	275	647	615	449	290	245	200	135	184	226	258	224	130	76	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 2.21	7:44PM 3.21				7:12AM 2.04				7:59PM 2.27				8:25AM 2.13				9:59PM 3.53
Low Tide / height (m)					1:49AM 0.91				1:27PM 0.48				2:06AM 0.50				2:25PM 0.35				2:57AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	11	12	12	12	14	16	16	15	14	14	15	17	17	18	16	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	8	10	9	8	11	14	14	13	12	12	13	16	16	17	15	12	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:17	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

	Wednesday 10										Thursday 11
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Niton 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	Whitecliff 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Energy	86	113	117	138	148	158	158	147	146	127	127	119	102	102	116	81	78	76	80	75	59	109
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)						7:00PM 2.21													7:12AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)													1:58AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

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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