Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 BST
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Folkestone Wear Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Folkestone Wear Bay sea temperature is
10.5° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 10AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)0.5ft (0.1m)7s
Afternoon (14 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (14 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

Table - waves today at Folkestone Wear Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
S
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
WSW
0.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)7773773344445444344444814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11135525914284034149851014191681240
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
5.58
10:13PM
5.93
10:36AM
6.17
10:54PM
6.50
11:16AM
6.71
11:35PM
7.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.57
4:49PM
1.37
5:15AM
1.01
5:37PM
0.86
6:00AM
0.49
6:20PM
0.41
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Fri
17
Sunrise-6:03-------6:01-------5:58------
Sunset-----7:47-------7:50-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C889101213131212111011131311101010111212121211
Feels °C (?)554579977535887665677898
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