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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 17 Feb 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
8.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 7PM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Afternoon (17 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (17 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.5
SE
0.9
SE
1.2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.3
WSW
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)77137773445555510456685787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5532214215297119130622921511961136145
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
6.36
11:31PM
6.65
11:49AM
6.73
12:07AM
7.00
12:26PM
7.00
12:44AM
7.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
0.68
6:21PM
0.47
6:41AM
0.31
6:57PM
0.20
7:17AM
0.07
7:33PM
0.06
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise7:05-------7:03-------7:01-------
Sunset--5:13-------5:15-------5:16-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1---481----------
Temp. °C355444333445688889875555
Feels °C (?)-5-2-100-2-4-6-6-6-5-4-34455532-1-10-1
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