Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 11PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Evening (29 Mar)--

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
WSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
NNE
0.2
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)45677777771666615146567761212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)00139812317744252224410311133
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
50
WSW
40
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:46PM
5.55
10:14AM
5.73
10:36PM
6.00
11:00AM
6.14
11:19PM
6.41
11:41AM
6.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
1.53
5:05AM
1.20
5:30PM
1.07
5:53AM
0.75
6:13PM
0.69
6:34AM
0.41
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:33-------6:31--
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:24------
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1-----------1---------
Temp. °C98997679109866678111010109889
Feels °C (?)0-31310-113220113598997568
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