Strike Mission
Beach
both
Level 3/10

Compton Bay

Isle of Wight, UK (England)
🌀Strong rips👥Crowded

Compton Bay is the Isle of Wight's most surfed beach--a stretch with three distinct sections.

3-Day Forecast
Today
17
11
Poor
0.8m
@16s
21km/h
Wed
18
0
Poor
0.5m
@18s
20km/h
Thu
19
0
Poor
0.4m
@15s
17km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.8m
SW(236°)
Score: 11/25
Period
16s
Long period groundswell
Score: 15/25
Wind
21km/h
S(173°)
Score: 0/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm45%
Windswell Component
0.4mS@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mSSE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
afternoon

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:02 am
Low tide - -1.19m
8:20 am
High tide - 0.30m
2:25 pm
Low tide - -1.41m
9:45 pm
High tide - 0.15m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

11
Poor
Components
Swell Direction15/25
Swell Size11/25
Swell Period15/25
Wind0/25
Raw Score41/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-17
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
Adjusted Score11/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score11
🤢 Morning Sickness

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
SW (220°)
Direction range
180° - 260°
Size range
0.6m - 1.5m
Ideal size
1.2m
Height multiplier
1.00×
Ideal period
11s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
N (0°)
Offshore range
320° - 60°
Best window
morning

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
low to mid

Water temp

12°C

Wetsuit

5/4mm + boots

Difficulty

3/10

Crowd level

6/10

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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