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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 13 Feb 2026 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
9.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 11PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)--
Afternoon (13 Feb)1ft (0.3m)4s
Evening (13 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
1.4
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SSW
1.5
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)456612121212138712356676644444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21031981873333311312112354373978810300000
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
20
N
5
NW
10
SW
20
SSW
35
SSW
45
S
50
S
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:42PM
4.90
9:06AM
5.10
9:33PM
5.29
9:53AM
5.50
10:16PM
5.75
10:34AM
5.94
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
2.27
3:47AM
2.16
4:17PM
1.83
4:43AM
1.66
5:04PM
1.34
5:25AM
1.15
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise------7:09-------7:09-------7:07-
Sunset5:06-------5:07-------5:09-------
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light snow
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------22--1-----
Temp. °C865444455555522479977678
Feels °C (?)3-3-4-6-6-6-5-4-111-1-4-8-10-5-120-2-3-4-2-1
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