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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Isle of Wight Wavefinder

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	Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	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	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Freshwater Bay Isle of Wight	Whitecliff Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Shanklin (Hope Beach) Isle of Wight
Rating	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	9	10	9	9	7	7	16	15	14	7	9	9
Energy(?)	44	38	49	122	162	149	119	107	96	76	59	147	113	69	585	617	455	720	1474	498	2164	965
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:46PM 2:56AM 2.12 1.86	10:51AM 2.13	3:08PM 1.74	11:10PM 1.99	3:27AM 11:10AM 1.85 1.97	3:40PM 1.77	11:21PM 1.86		2:07PM 2.12	2:26AM 2.09	4:29AM 11:34AM 1.85 1.69	4:49PM 1.80	11:35PM 1.69	5:04AM 11:56AM 1.84 1.56	5:30PM 1.80	11:42PM 1.62	4:03AM 1.85	4:44PM 1.74		6:25AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	5:28PM 0.41	1:17AM 1.63	5:47AM 0.64	1:38PM 1.58	6:03PM 1:41AM 0.60 1.63	6:22AM 0.80	1:58PM 1.59	6:38PM 1:57AM 0.82 1.61	7:16AM 0.51		7:32PM 0.59	7:33AM 1.12	2:19PM 1.49	7:45PM 2:26AM 1.24 1.50	8:12AM 1.26	2:35PM 1.42	8:22PM 2:48AM 1.42 1.48	10:09AM 1.06		11:07PM 1.14	3:03AM 1.50	12:44PM 1.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
High °C	8	6	8	10	9	10	10	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	7
Low °C	7	6	7	9	7	8	10	10	11	10	9	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	9	8	9	7
Chill °C (?)	5	3	6	8	7	7	8	11	9	8	9	7	6	6	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	13	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	9	14	-	9	15	14	16	15	14	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	-	0.1 SW	-	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	9	8	7	-	4	-	-	4	3	14	-	17	-	14	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	-	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	-	-	10	9	4	7	7	5	-	14	7	9	9

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	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	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton 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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	57	56	56	38	43	62	80	67	109	109	109	162	162	156	149	139	128	116	113	104	104	104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	high	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:35PM 1.72			10:46PM 2.12	2:56AM 1.86			10:51AM 2.13	1:04PM 2.41			11:10PM 1.99		3:27AM 1.85		11:10AM 1.97						3:57AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.55	5:28PM 0.41			1:17AM 1.63	5:47AM 0.64					6:22PM 0.15		1:41AM 1.63		6:22AM 0.80		1:58PM 1.59		6:57PM 0.36		1:57AM 1.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	9	8	7	7	8	10	10	10	11	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	5	4	3	2	3	3	4	6	7	8	7	6	4	4	5	7	8	8	9	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

	Friday 06											Saturday 07
	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	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Bournemouth Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton 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	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Compton Bay Isle of Wight	Boscombe Pier South Coast	Boscombe Pier South Coast
Rating	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14
Energy(?)	58	64	44	63	56	56	56	56	56	56	57	38	38	42	43	43	43	42	45	47	51	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:35PM 1.72												2:56AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 1.55				5:28PM 0.41								1:17AM 1.63					6:06AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Chill °C (?)	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

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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