🏖️ Isle of Wight Beach & Tide Guide

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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 — Next Week Estimated

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Tide Times — Next Week Estimated

DateTide 1Tide 2Tide 3Tide 4Range
Fri 25 Sep 4:11 am Low0.96m10:23 am High2.29m4:36 pm Low0.96m10:48 pm High2.29m 1.33m
Sat 26 Sep 5:01 am Low0.98m11:14 am High2.27m5:26 pm Low0.98m11:39 pm High2.27m 1.29m
Sun 27 Sep‡ 5:51 am Low1.04m12:04 pm High2.21m6:17 pm Low1.04m– 1.17m
Mon 28 Sep 12:29 am High2.12m6:42 am Low1.13m12:54 pm High2.12m7:07 pm Low1.13m 0.99m
Tue 29 Sep 1:20 am High2.03m7:32 am Low1.22m1:45 pm High2.03m7:57 pm Low1.22m 0.81m
Wed 30 Sep 2:10 am High1.94m8:23 am Low1.31m2:35 pm High1.94m8:48 pm Low1.31m 0.63m
Thu 1 Oct 3:00 am High1.88m9:13 am Low1.38m3:26 pm High1.88m9:38 pm Low1.38m 0.50m

Estimated — projected from real data, not yet real UKHO readings, see how this works. ‡ Only 3 tides that day — expected, see why.

Weather — Next Week

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

DateMax TempRainWindUV
Fri 25 Sep 20°C 8% 17mph SSW 4 (Moderate)
Sat 26 Sep 18°C 12% 17mph WSW 4 (Moderate)
Sun 27 Sep 17°C 24% 14mph WSW 4 (Moderate)
Mon 28 Sep 18°C 27% 10mph SW 4 (Moderate)
Tue 29 Sep 20°C 20% 10mph ESE 3 (Moderate)
Wed 30 Sep 21°C 20% 11mph W 0 (Low)
Thu 1 Oct 17°C 18% 10mph N 1 (Low)

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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.