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Freshwater Bay

Isle of Wight, UK (England)
🪨Rocks🪸Sharp reef🌀Strong rips⚠️Shallow

Freshwater Bay is the Isle of Wight's most iconic wave--a hollow right-hand reef/point that breaks over jagged rock.

3-Day Forecast
Today
30
0
Poor
0.2m
@8s
26km/h
Fri
1
0
Poor
0.4m
@10s
14km/h
Sat
2
15
Poor
0.3m
@11s
7km/h
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.2m
WSW(240°)
Score: 0/25
Period
8s
Short period / windswell
Score: 4/25
Wind
26km/h
E(91°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
17°C
0.0mm0%
Windswell Component
1.3mE@4s
Secondary Swell
0.1mSSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 22 km/h E|PM: 25 km/h E
Lighter winds early (22 km/h)
Low tide at 10am (-0.1m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:57 am
Low tide - -1.27m
7:54 am
High tide - 0.08m
10:06 am
Low tide - -0.14m
11:02 am
High tide - -0.08m
Times shown in spot-local time.+3 more tide events

Strike Score Breakdown

0
Poor
Components
Swell Direction15/25
Swell Size0/25
Swell Period4/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score19/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-10
🌊💨 Windswell-15
⚠️ Weak Component-15
📉 Undersized Swell-11
🚫 Undersized Capmax 15
Adjusted Score0/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score0
🤢 Morning Sickness🌊💨 Windswell

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (225°)
Direction range
190° - 270°
Size range
0.9m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.1m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
13s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
NNW (340°)
Offshore range
310° - 45°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

7/10

Crowd level

4/10

Best Season

Peak: Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb

Secondary: Mar, Sep

Getting There

Airport
SOU
Drive time
120 min
Data quality
verified

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