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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
22
Poor
0.9m
@18s
20km/h
Tue
31
15
Poor
0.4m
@18s
9km/h
Wed
1
15
Poor
0.3m
@15s
9km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
0.9m
WSW(240°)
Score: 7/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 20/25
Wind
20km/h
NW(307°)
Score: 2/25
Weather
11°C
0.0mm48%
Windswell Component
0.6mWNW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.1mNNW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 18 km/h WNW|PM: 20 km/h NW
Lighter winds early (18 km/h)
Low tide at 7am (-0.0m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

1:48 am
Low tide - -1.26m
7:22 am
High tide - 0.01m
7:43 am
Low tide - -0.02m
10:06 am
High tide - 0.20m
Times shown in spot-local time.+3 more tide events

Strike Score Breakdown

22
Poor
Components
Swell Direction15/25
Swell Size7/25
Swell Period20/25
Wind2/25
Raw Score44/100
Adjustments
🤢 Wind History-14
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-5
Adjusted Score22/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score22
🤢 Morning Sickness

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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