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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	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	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	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	13	6	8	8	13	8	10	10	5	19	18	16	16	15	9	12	11	10	14	14	14
Energy(?)	325	511	368	1461	1046	1384	191	110	81	76	394	217	445	371	242	113	60	46	50	155	131	63
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:42PM 2:51AM 2.19 1.80	10:52AM 2.18	1:45PM 3.84	2:00AM 3.82	11:21AM 2.06	3:37PM 1.74	11:33PM 3:50AM 2.00 1.78	11:42AM 1.92	4:07PM 1.79	11:40PM 1.88	4:19AM 11:54AM 1.80 1.77	4:40PM 1.83	11:34PM 1.79		5:17PM 1.86	11:37PM 1.73		4:23PM 1.88		6:07AM 1.79	1:05PM 6:44PM 1.45 1.86	11:47PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	1:21AM 1.61	5:43AM 0.56		7:07PM 0.30	6:16AM 0.66	2:06PM 6:31PM 1.59 0.74	2:14AM 1.63	6:49AM 0.79	2:21PM 1.60	7:02PM 2:26AM 0.93 1.61	7:21AM 0.93	2:29PM 1.56	7:34PM 2:39AM 1.12 1.55	9:27AM 1.20	2:40PM 1.49	8:08PM 2:57AM 1.29 1.49	9:04AM 0.80		9:25PM 0.99	9:24AM 1.28	3:14PM 1.40	9:47PM 3:46AM 1.57 1.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11
High °C	11	11	13	11	9	9	8	9	9	10	12	15	14	14	14	14	11	11	8	9	9	8
Low °C	9	11	12	8	8	9	7	8	9	9	10	14	12	13	14	10	11	9	7	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	7	5	6	7	6	6	7	9	13	12	14	14	14	8	7	4	8	7	6
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.7 WSW	-	1.0 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	-	12	-	14	-	8	10	10	8	19	18	16	16	15	9	8	11	10	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	9	9	5	-	-	13	4	4	15	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	0.4 SE	0.8 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	6	8	8	13	-	3	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	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	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	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	6	13	12	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	424	325	258	210	511	328	368	248	878	1461	1676	1272	1035	446	1264	860	534	347	235	169	110	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 2.19	1:29AM 3.95			10:52AM 2.18	3:06PM 1.70			11:11PM 2.11	3:21AM 1.78				3:37PM 1.74				1:49AM 2.33			11:42AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52AM 0.26			1:41PM 1.55	5:58PM 0.56			1:52AM 1.62	6:16AM 0.66			2:06PM 1.59	6:31PM 0.74				6:49AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	10	9	10	11	11	13	12	11	9	8	8	8	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	6	8	8	8	10	8	7	4	3	4	4	5	7	7	7	8	5	6	5	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	6	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	13	12	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	13	5	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	8	13	6	-	-	-	-	3	3

	Friday 03				Saturday 04
	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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	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	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	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	6
Energy(?)	437	437	486	430	369	325	313	282	243	243	340	180	180	119	520	520	328	328	349	337	368	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								2:51AM 1.80								10:52AM 2.18			1:08PM 2.45		3:06PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)							1:21AM 1.61				5:43AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	7	7	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	6	13	13	5	5	6	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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