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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	Mon		Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Highcliffe South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Ventnor Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Niton Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	2.1 SE	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	11	13	13	18	17	16	15	13	12	20	18	14	13	15	15	15	12	15	6
Energy(?)	318	459	907	2321	2042	577	2602	364	1402	840	581	126	4072	4796	8888	3833	4555	1380	879	461	606	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:31PM 1.76	1:20AM 1.73	6:03AM 1.92	1:20PM 1.65	6:23PM 1.75	6:39AM 1.91		6:14PM 7:53PM 1.75 1.76	6:20AM 1.93		8:34PM 3.90	5:41AM 1.27		9:18PM 2.28	9:33AM 2.42		10:40PM 4.63	10:23AM 2.57		11:00PM 2.63	11:07AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)	3:36PM 1.72	9:17PM 1:49AM 1.01 1.73	9:59AM 1.14	2:31PM 1.63	10:26PM 1.12	11:11AM 1.13		6:48PM 11:39PM 1.75 1.16		12:26PM 1.04	2:26AM 1.19		2:40PM 0.65	2:17AM 0.41		4:01PM 0.59		3:06AM 0.27	3:32PM -0.09		3:51AM 0.16	5:38PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	28	6	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	4	1	2	3	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	8	10	10	8	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9
Low °C	8	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8
Chill °C (?)	4	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	7	5	6	6	5	7	7	7	5	5
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	4:47	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SE	0.9 SE	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 ESE	-	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	10	7	6	13	13	18	17	16	15	13	12	20	5	-	-	15	15	15	12	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 E	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	6	16	7	-	18	17	4	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 ESE	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	4	6	8	11	-	4	4	-	4	5	5	5	5	18	14	13	15	-	-	4	4	6

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Highcliffe South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	6	7	8	8	10	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	318	231	217	459	913	1366	907	1381	2321	2997	1731	2158	1584	1653	1643	341	439	1290	1555	1452	1364	330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 1.78	5:31PM 1.76			1:20AM 1.73		6:03AM 1.92		1:20PM 1.65					5:34AM 2.10					6:21PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 1.72		9:17PM 1.01	1:49AM 1.73			9:59AM 1.14	2:31PM 1.63			10:26PM 0.41					12:40PM 1.26				12:10AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	11	9	6	5	1	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	7	7
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	3	2	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	6	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:46	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	8	8	7	7	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	13	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	-	17	16	17	7	-	-	-	-	19	18	18	4	17	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	6	7	8	8	10	11	13	13	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-

	Monday 26											Tuesday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Highcliffe South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast	Bracklesham South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Bracklesham South Coast
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	5	6	6	6	7	10	10	7	7	7	7	16
Energy(?)	435	328	318	309	310	231	231	220	217	213	117	459	469	724	941	27	16	1161	1177	894	920	68
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 1.78					5:31PM 1.76											4:57AM 4.13
Low Tide / height (m)				3:36PM 1.72						9:17PM 1.01	10:38PM 1.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	4	3	3	4	4	3	1	1	2	1	3
High °C	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	10	10	9
Chill °C (?)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	4	4	5	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	17	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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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