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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 14 Mar 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
9.6° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 12AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)1ft (0.3m)2s
Afternoon (15 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (15 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)146678724556444431918444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41221111571119990000077131019252925
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
4.78
8:39AM
4.98
9:05PM
5.26
9:27AM
5.49
9:49PM
5.82
10:09AM
6.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
2.37
3:09AM
2.20
3:41PM
1.91
4:10AM
1.65
4:32PM
1.35
4:55AM
1.06
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise------6:09-------6:07-------6:05-
Sunset5:57-------5:58--------6:00------
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--------1-------------
Temp. °C107766689989656710109988889
Feels °C (?)423222211-14-1-2-11332212324
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