Big Sunday at Freshwater Bay.

February 1, 2021

Big swell at Freshwater bay, Isle of Wight, with only the most committed surfers making it out back in testing conditions, with some super deep take-offs as the sets were breaking outside the rock-boil at times!

The Saturday night wave bouy readings (channel lightship) peaked at 22.5ft at 12 seconds with a solid 14ft - 17ft still showing for most of Sunday itself with fairly light Northerly (offshore) winds. Not saying this was a 14ft swell on the isle of wight, but i reckon we saw some solid 6-8ft groundswell at times and i saw plenty of double overhead waves being ridden.

Sunday 31st January 2021 at Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, shot with a Canon 6d II with the 70-200 f2.8L lens and a 2x extender.

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