🏖️ Isle of Wight Beach & Tide Guide

All beaches, Isle of Wight
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Alum Bay * 🐾

Shingle & sand, coloured sand cliffs behind — time and height interpolated between neighbouring real tide stations, approximate, for casual planning only.

🏖️ Needles Landmark Attraction at the top (chairlift, shops, café, toilets, paid parking). Getting down to the beach itself is by the Needles chairlift (paid, seasonal) or on foot down a long flight of wooden steps through the chine (free) — reportedly around 185 steps, though I couldn't independently confirm that exact figure; expect a genuinely long flight with rest landings along the way, not suitable for prams or limited mobility. One of the best beach-level viewpoints of the Needles on the whole Island.

🐾 Dogs allowed, must be kept on a lead.

🅿️ Nearest parking: Needles Landmark Attraction car park — Paid Apr-Oct, free otherwise.

Tide Chart — This Week

Day:

Tide Times — This Week

DateTide 1Tide 2Tide 3Tide 4Range
Fri 18 Sep (Today) 5:16 am High1.95m9:02 am Low1.40m5:32 pm High1.95m9:34 pm Low1.39m 0.56m
Sat 19 Sep 6:14 am High2.00m9:51 am Low1.58m6:29 pm High1.98m11:54 pm Low1.42m 0.58m
Sun 20 Sep‡ 7:07 am High2.06m12:35 pm Low1.52m7:20 pm High2.02m– 0.54m
Mon 21 Sep 1:31 am Low1.30m8:00 am High2.13m1:41 pm Low1.41m8:10 pm High2.08m 0.83m
Tue 22 Sep 1:57 am Low1.18m8:53 am High2.19m2:12 pm Low1.28m8:57 pm High2.13m 1.01m
Wed 23 Sep 2:22 am Low1.02m9:44 am High2.24m2:41 pm Low1.10m9:38 pm High2.16m 1.22m
Thu 24 Sep 2:51 am Low0.83m10:34 am High2.27m3:14 pm Low0.90m9:58 pm High2.21m 1.44m

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

Weather — This Week

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

DateMax TempRainWindUV
Fri 18 Sep 19°C 2% 24mph WSW 3 (Moderate)
Sat 19 Sep 20°C 24% 24mph WSW 3 (Low)
Sun 20 Sep 20°C 4% 19mph 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.