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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	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Niton Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	13	13	12	12	4	-	20	17	16	14	13	4	6	6	16	14	13	13	5	12
Energy(?)	1024	323	178	87	59	34	35	0	151	159	129	59	21	52	181	300	121	141	55	52	54	21
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 5:12PM 1.66 1.82	12:30AM 1.64	5:24AM 1.78		6:22PM 1.83	6:28AM 1.75		6:22PM 2.03	6:47AM 2.04		9:01PM 1.91	6:01AM 9:12AM 1.80 1.72		6:59PM 10:10PM 1.83 1.92	6:41AM 10:31AM 1.89 1.71		7:25PM 11:09PM 1.93 1.92	7:24AM 11:29AM 2.01 1.70		8:00PM 11:57PM 2.05 1.90	10:28AM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 1.65	8:32PM 12:48AM 1.17 1.64	9:15AM 1.08		9:59PM 1.31	10:46AM 1.10		11:49PM 0.88		12:15PM 0.99	12:52AM 1.14	8:18AM 1.71	1:11PM 0.82	8:09PM 1:37AM 1.81 0.96	9:21AM 1.66	1:54PM 0.64	9:27PM 2:17AM 1.77 0.77	10:09AM 1.60	2:34PM 0.48	10:20PM 2:55AM 1.71 0.62	3:16AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	5	8	8	8	11	11	10	8	10	7	9	10	10	14	14	12	13	14	11	13
Low °C	6	6	4	6	8	7	9	10	5	6	8	7	7	9	8	12	13	10	10	11	9	9
Chill °C (?)	2	2	0	5	5	5	8	8	7	4	7	4	6	7	7	12	12	10	12	13	9	12
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	7	12	11	-	20	17	16	14	13	-	20	17	16	14	4	13	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	12	8	-	-	-	6	6	8	7	-	-	11	-	-	13	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.0 W	1.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNW	-
Period (s)	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	4	4	4	3	4	6	6	6	5	-	4	2	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay 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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	4	4	4	5	5	21	20
Energy(?)	1024	854	323	264	183	181	138	161	100	87	59	50	38	34	25	33	35	37	63	95	277	137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:24PM 1.66	5:12PM 1.82			12:30AM 1.64	4:01AM 2.08					6:22PM 1.83				6:28AM 1.75				7:46PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	8:00AM 0.93		2:34PM 1.65		8:32PM 1.17		12:48AM 1.64			9:25AM 0.64				9:59PM 1.31				10:46AM 1.10				11:49PM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	6	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	11	12	11	9	7
Chill °C (?)	0	2	2	1	0	-1	-1	0	1	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	8	10	9	6	3
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	6	13	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	11	11	25	23	21	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	13	7	12	12	12	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.9 NNW	0.6 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6

	Wednesday 25																	Thursday 26
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay 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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	14	14	6	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	866	1102	1024	926	858	854	718	736	318	313	268	264	264	183	183	180	221	181	167	140	138	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)										3:38PM 2.13		5:12PM 1.82							12:30AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 0.93													8:32PM 1.17				12:48AM 1.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Chill °C (?)	-1	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	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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