Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.09° N 1.20° E

Folkestone Wear Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Folkestone Wear Bay sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.2° 

Folkestone Wear Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 11AM is: 1.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (21 Oct)--
Evening (21 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 8°C on Fri afternoon). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, gales from the WNW by Fri afternoon).

Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
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
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
5
1.3
S
5
1.8
S
6
2.1
SW
7
1.6
WSW
5
1.4
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1
WSW
4
0.7
SW
7
1.1
SW
8
0.9
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.6
SW
6
0.5
SW
6
0.9
SSW
4
1.6
SSW
6
2.5
S
6
2.5
S
7
2.5
SSE
7
1.5
S
7
0.8
SSW
7
0.1
S
6
1.4
W
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
86
87
206
360
0
0
0
0
51
131
61
47
31
18
28
161
525
584
567
210
62
1
0
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSE
45
S
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
40
SSW
50
S
55
S
60
SSE
60
SE
35
NNW
65
WNW
60
W
55
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:14AM4.81m
8:47PM4.94m
9:11AM5.25m
9:37PM5.43m
9:56AM5.76m
Low Tide
2:06AM2.27m
2:51PM2.09m
3:25AM1.98m
3:59PM1.67m
4:25AM1.53m
4:51PM1.18m
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heavy rain
rain showers
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
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cloud
light rain
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7:26
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7:28
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7:31
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5:51
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5:49
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5:46
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 mm
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1
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11
4
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3
3
5
1
7
2
2
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1
Temp °C
13
12
14
11
11
11
10
11
10
10
11
13
14
14
14
13
14
13
12
13
9
8
8
Feels °C
6
6
6
0
1
2
1
4
4
4
6
7
9
10
7
4
3
2
1
7
-5
-5
-4
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