Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 06 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
11.7° 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 1PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (06 Dec)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (06 Dec)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)777774655666755455644444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22818121219315103667981152023521796633407690592125312748
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
SW
50
SW
50
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
40
SSW
30
S
40
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
7.26
12:04AM
7.17
12:26PM
7.11
12:50AM
6.98
1:13PM
6.80
1:37AM
6.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
0.14
6:56PM
0.03
7:20AM
0.14
7:43PM
0.17
8:07AM
0.27
8:30PM
0.43
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise7:41-------7:43-------7:43-------
Sunset--3:48-------3:48-------3:48-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
21------113------51-11--
Temp. °C111212111010111211131314121212121312121212131212
Feels °C (?)244334665845567786876664
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