Gurnard, Isle of Wight Weather
About Gurnard, Isle of Wight
Gurnard holds the Solent’s edge in a quiet, salt-weathered grip, where the horizon dissolves into the pale grey of the English Channel. It lies 1.2 miles west-south-west of Cowes (from Cowes: bearing 256°T, OS grid SZ 477 956), and is situated north-north-east of Rew Street village. Beyond the modern residential lanes, the land slopes towards the shoreline, where the shingle of Gurnard Beach shifts under the rhythm of the tide. Gurnard Luck carves a modest, meandering path through the landscape, feeding into the sea and marking a boundary where the earth softens into mud and reed. On clear afternoons, the light catches the white sails of passing yachts, casting long, flickering reflections across the water that seem to stretch towards the mainland. The Green provides a grassy vantage point, a place where the wind brings the sharp, clean scent of brine and the low hum of distant maritime activity. Gurnard maintains a distinct character, defined less by its architecture and more by the way the sky expands above the coastal slope. Here, the transition between land and water feels porous, a place where the tides dictate the tempo of the day.
Flight conditions near Gurnard. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Gurnard and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Gurnard, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gurnard, Isle of Wight, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Gurnard includes coordinates 50.758344, -1.324512, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Gurnard is available on the Gurnard map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.