🏖️ Isle of Wight Beach & Tide Guide

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Freshwater Bay 🦀

Pebble/shingle (sand to the east at low tide)

🏖️ Car park, benches, and an ice cream kiosk (subject to seasonal opening).

🐾 Partial seasonal exclusion zone, 1 May - 30 Sept (Isle of Wight Council PSPO) — applies to part of this beach, not necessarily all of it or all year; check current signage/exclusion zone maps on the Council's website.

🦀 Rock and pool crabbing around the bay — best at low tide.

🅿️ Nearest parking: Freshwater Bay car park — Council-run, fills early on sunny days.

Tide Chart — This Week

Day:

Tide Times — This Week

DateTide 1Tide 2Tide 3Tide 4Range
Fri 18 Sep (Today) 5:27 am High1.92m8:58 am Low1.35m5:29 pm High1.90m9:21 pm Low1.32m 0.60m
Sat 19 Sep‡ 6:11 am High1.96m12:35 pm Low1.54m6:19 pm High1.92m– 0.42m
Sun 20 Sep 1:04 am Low1.35m6:56 am High2.01m1:35 pm Low1.44m7:07 pm High1.96m 0.66m
Mon 21 Sep 1:49 am Low1.24m7:43 am High2.07m2:12 pm Low1.33m7:54 pm High2.01m 0.83m
Tue 22 Sep 2:17 am Low1.12m8:29 am High2.12m2:36 pm Low1.21m8:37 pm High2.06m 1.00m
Wed 23 Sep 2:39 am Low0.97m9:13 am High2.16m2:59 pm Low1.04m9:11 pm High2.10m 1.19m
Thu 24 Sep 3:07 am Low0.78m9:48 am High2.19m3:28 pm Low0.84m9:25 pm High2.16m 1.41m

Real readings from the UK Hydrographic Office. ‡ Only 3 tides that day — expected, see why.

Weather — This Week

Local to Freshwater Bay, the nearest real tide/weather reference point to this beach — see data sources.

DateMax TempRainWindUV
Fri 18 Sep 18°C 2% 18mph WSW 3 (Low)
Sat 19 Sep 20°C 24% 20mph WSW 2 (Low)
Sun 20 Sep 20°C 4% 17mph WNW 3 (Moderate)
Mon 21 Sep 20°C 0% 6mph WSW 4 (Moderate)
Tue 22 Sep 22°C 0% 5mph SW 4 (Moderate)
Wed 23 Sep 19°C 2% 13mph NNW 4 (Moderate)
Thu 24 Sep 18°C 3% 12mph SSE 4 (Moderate)

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Sandy (or partly sandy) beach
🐚 Beach where shells can be found
🦀 Popular crabbing spot
🛟 Confirmed organised lifeguard cover (Ryde and Sandown only)
🐾 No seasonal dog exclusion zone (1 May-30 Sept)
About this site & data sources — tide and weather predictions (all times shown in UK local time, GMT/BST), not for navigation or safety-critical use.