Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 24 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
9.8° C
(Which is 1.7°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 8PM is: 2.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)--
Afternoon (24 Mar)5ft (1.5m)5s
Evening (24 Mar)7ft (2.2m)6s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
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 (?)
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)566754888888881377766612123
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11919535433500513518666623211111337
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
50
SW
55
SW
50
W
50
W
40
W
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
35
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
N
10
NNE
0
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
6.50
3:12AM
6.32
3:40PM
5.90
4:11AM
5.69
4:47PM
5.34
5:29AM
5.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
0.95
10:17AM
1.17
10:43PM
1.45
11:18AM
1.67
11:54PM
1.87
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:45-------5:43--
Sunset-6:13-------6:15-------6:16------
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---1------------------11
Temp. °C1011119776676543357887776810
Feels °C (?)110-2-4-3-2-4-3-4-5-5-4-3-1113422136
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