Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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
9.6° 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 3AM is: 0.1m 7s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Afternoon (29 Mar)--
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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.2
NNE
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)6147713545576777777761561466
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242130000782717774444241411
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
W
30
SW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
5.17
9:17AM
5.33
9:46PM
5.55
10:14AM
5.73
10:36PM
6.00
11:00AM
6.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.69
4:36PM
1.53
5:05AM
1.20
5:30PM
1.07
5:53AM
0.75
6:13PM
0.69
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:39-------6:35-------6:33----
Sunset-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C7545688999878911108766681113
Feels °C (?)0-2-10210013221243211125912
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