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
30
14
Poor
0.8m
@18s
19km/h
Tue
31
11
Poor
0.4m
@18s
8km/h
Wed
1
30
Poor
0.3m
@15s
12km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.8m
WSW(242°)
Score: 11/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 8/25
Wind
19km/h
NW(312°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
10°C
0.0mm48%
Windswell Component
0.5mWNW@3s
0
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 16 km/h WNW|PM: 18 km/h NW
Lighter winds early (16 km/h)
Mid tide at 10am (0.4m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:05 am
Low tide - -1.29m
10:06 am
High tide - 0.42m
2:33 pm
Low tide - -1.20m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

14
Poor
Components
Swell Direction12/25
Swell Size11/25
Swell Period8/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score32/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-10
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score14/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score14
🤢 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°

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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