Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Forecast

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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 18 Sep 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 17.8° 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 11AM is: 1.0m 4s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	4s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	4s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	W	SW	W	S	S	W	W	W	W	W	W	S	S	S	S	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	11	6	11	3	3	10	10	6	10	8	8	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	0	39	31	54	41	14	4	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	4	14	19	17	9	52
Wind (km/h)	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SE	NW	E	NNE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:18AM 5.25				9:49PM 5.44					10:14AM 5.66				10:39PM 5.84				11:00AM 6.09				11:22PM 6.22
Low Tide / height (m)		4:06AM 1.80				4:39PM 1.55				5:08AM 1.36				5:33PM 1.08				5:54AM 0.95				6:15PM 0.69

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	19	21	24	25	24	22	21	20	20	18	18	20	21	16
Feels °C (?)	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	17	16	16	16	17	21	23	22	21	20	18	18	15	16	18	16	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Folkestone Wear Bay (moderate winds from the SSW at Peene wx 6 km from Folkestone Wear Bay). A 1.4m windswell from the SW
2 hours 57 minutes ago Folkestone Wear Bay

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2 h 57 min ago

26 km/h

SSW

Cross-Shore

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