Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 03 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
9.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)4ft (1.2m)4s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
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 (?)
0.5
SW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
2
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
WSW
0.8
SW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.1
W
0.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)3456665665444456654646126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5187417014896555334922323439851602950045051315
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SW
40
SW
45
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
40
WSW
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
6.86
1:10AM
6.96
1:28PM
6.84
1:44AM
6.86
2:01PM
6.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.18
7:57PM
0.31
8:13AM
0.27
8:27PM
0.42
8:43AM
0.46
8:57PM
0.62
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise-6:26-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset-----7:30-------7:31-------7:32--
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C88891111111110911111213131198910101087
Feels °C (?)2100445665755641-20331322
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