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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
High tides on Friday may lead to flooding.
Flooding is possible for 1 hour either side of Friday's early morning tide at 03:15 on 09/01/2026.
Storm Goretti increases tide table values by 0.8 m. Total forecast tide is 4.86 metres Chart Datum (2.27 mAOD) at Cowes with strong North Westerly Force 8 wind. Very minor impact flooding will affect some sea front roads, esplanades and car parks across the island. Water will be high up slipways in Cowes, affecting Medina Road and the floating bridge. In East Cowes, sea water forced up through drains may cause very minor impacts to the road at Albany Road. Friday's tide at 15:30 09/01/2026 is forecast to be 86 cm lower (1.41 mAOD). No further flood impacts are expected.
We are closely monitoring the situation .
Consider activating any flood protection products you may have .
This message will be updated by 12:00PM on 09 January 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 3:10pm, Thursday 8th January.
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Warning no longer in force
Wed 21 Jan 2026, 3:01pm
Flood alert
Wed 21 Jan 2026, 8:10am
Flood alert
Tue 20 Jan 2026, 5:45pm
Warning no longer in force
Fri 9 Jan 2026, 11:21am
Flood alert
Thu 8 Jan 2026, 3:10pm
Warning no longer in force
Tue 9 Dec 2025, 4:36pm
Flood alert
Mon 8 Dec 2025, 3:09pm
Warning no longer in force
Sun 7 Dec 2025, 3:38pm
Flood alert
Sat 6 Dec 2025, 3:58pm
Flood alert
Fri 5 Dec 2025, 3:03pm
Coast around the Isle of Wight
Region: Solent and South Downs
Country: England
Counties covered: Isle of Wight
Watercourses covered: The Solent, English Channel
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for Isle of Wight coast.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.