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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	Wed	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.1 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	6	7	6	4	6	5	6	7	6	12	6	6	11	11	10	8	8	6	6	11
Energy(?)	220	155	189	391	171	1	160	78	369	334	337	705	223	183	167	248	168	100	49	141	44	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 3.59		3:07PM 3.71	12:23AM 1.98	4:52AM 12:38PM 1.78 1.88	5:12PM 1.90	12:35AM 1.86	5:27AM 12:45PM 1.81 1.79	5:46PM 1.90	12:49AM 1.74	4:35AM 3.72	6:24PM 1.89		6:50AM 1.81	1:04PM 1.67		7:44AM 12:22PM 1.81 1.61		7:19PM 2.61	8:59AM 1.82		8:30PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 0.25		7:39PM 3:14AM 0.95 1.64	7:54AM 0.92	3:09PM 1.67	8:14PM 3:25AM 1.09 1.60	8:27AM 1.11	3:24PM 1.62	8:50PM 3:39AM 1.22 1.54	10:45AM 1.55	3:43PM 1.58	11:09PM 1.38	9:45AM 1.46	4:03PM 1.57	12:34AM 1.46	10:55AM 1.60	1:23PM 1.52	2:10AM 1.38		2:15PM 1.49	2:23AM 1.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	14	1	1	-	-	2	-	2	1	4	1	2	1	-	17	28	1	6	-
High °C	16	19	18	17	18	19	15	18	19	17	18	18	16	19	18	15	17	15	14	16	15	14
Low °C	14	18	18	15	17	19	14	18	18	14	17	17	15	17	18	14	17	15	13	15	15	13
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	16	17	18	14	17	18	16	17	17	15	18	17	14	16	14	12	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	-	12	5	4	9	-	9	5	-	12	-	-	11	11	10	8	8	5	4	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	4	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.5 SE	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	5	5	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	-	-	3	6	6	6

	Wed	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Hayling Island South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	13	8	12	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	9	9	5	6
Energy(?)	221	227	140	178	155	344	189	303	295	461	176	279	223	139	132	190	226	195	76	221	78	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	low	high	low	high	high	high	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:47AM 3.73	4:21AM 1.75		12:27PM 1.98		4:42PM 1.89		12:23AM 1.98	3:27AM 4.32	4:52AM 1.78		12:38PM 1.88					4:00AM 3.15	5:27AM 1.81		12:45PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11PM 0.55				7:21AM 0.73		2:55PM 1.70		7:39PM 0.95				9:00AM 0.73		3:09PM 1.67		8:14PM 1.09				8:27AM 1.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	5	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	15	15	18	19	18	18	17	15	15	14	17	18	19	19	15	16	17	15	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	14	17	18	17	17	16	13	14	13	16	17	18	18	14	15	16	14	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 SE	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	5	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	4	-	9	9	9	-	-	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	8	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	9	5	6

	Wednesday 27				Thursday 28
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Hayling Island South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	6	6
Energy(?)	260	303	31	201	232	220	220	532	506	413	84	178	207	155	155	468	169	0	0	398	189	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:05AM 2.12				4:21AM 1.75												4:42PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)								2:57AM 1.64												2:55PM 1.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	17	17	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	16	16	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	8	8	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	12	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	6	8	4	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	5	7	8	5	5	12	5	5	5	6	6	6

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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