Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 23 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 1.6°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 10PM is: 0.3m 2s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)--
Afternoon (23 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (23 Mar)1ft (0.3m)2s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)12122123445556655788878813137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33134132954801342603630027321717966331
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
45
SW
55
SW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NNW
20
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
7.00
2:24AM
6.89
2:48PM
6.50
3:12AM
6.32
3:40PM
5.90
4:11AM
5.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
0.48
9:29AM
0.64
9:50PM
0.95
10:17AM
1.17
10:43PM
1.45
11:18AM
1.67
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:48-------5:45--
Sunset-6:12-------6:13-------6:15------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1---11-------
Temp. °C11109999101111111110776876544346
Feels °C (?)7644434432-10-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5-4-3-3-2
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