Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 GMT
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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
11.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 10PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)--
Afternoon (04 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Evening (04 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
1
S
1.7
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1
WSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1
S
Period(s) (?)666661415154577777765544645
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1374915954443616057869127828722522600000312143
Wind
(km/h)
40
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSW
25
S
35
S
50
S
60
S
50
SSW
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
30
SSW
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:32PM
7.08
10:53AM
7.23
11:18PM
7.20
11:40AM
7.26
12:04AM
7.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18PM
0.21
5:43AM
0.29
6:08PM
0.05
6:32AM
0.14
6:56PM
0.03
7:20AM
0.14
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise------7:41-------7:41-------7:43-
Sunset3:49-------3:48-------3:48-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------15122111------1
Temp. °C88766681098811111111121211111010101111
Feels °C (?)-133333441-3-41111232335655
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