Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Forecast

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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 BST

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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 19.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9PM is: 0.9m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	5s
Evening (30 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	4s

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

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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	12	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	6	4	5	4
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	56	31	48	111	53	30	23	59	29	15	21	18	14	34	66	103	67	59	41	0	42	34	40	34
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 5.67				4:37AM 5.33				5:00PM 5.23				5:29AM 4.92				6:02PM 4.83				6:47AM 4.63
Low Tide / height (m)				11:04PM 1.54				11:20AM 1.75				11:46PM 1.91				12:08PM 2.10				12:42AM 2.21

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	19	16	16	18	18	19	18	18	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	17	18
Feels °C (?)	15	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	14	16	16	14	14	11	11	11	12	13	11	12	12	12	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Cross-shore wind has turned cross-on at Folkestone Wear Bay (moderate winds from the SSW at Langdon Bay 11 km from Folkestone Wear Bay). 0.9m 5s windswell from the SSW with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SW and a 0.2m 9s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Cross-On

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