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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 06 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
8.7° 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 8PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am February 06). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Feb)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (06 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (06 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
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 (?)
0.6
SSE
0.7
S
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.1
W
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)4445544566665555444412344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13154247422843671392101771219071472914996381010
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
35
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
6.53
2:22AM
6.57
2:42PM
6.19
3:01AM
6.18
3:22PM
5.78
3:42AM
5.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.31
9:00PM
0.58
9:20AM
0.65
9:32PM
0.93
9:52AM
1.05
10:04PM
1.32
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise7:24-------7:22-------7:20-------
Sunset--4:53-------4:54-------4:57-----
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C910101099899910101098889998887
Feels °C (?)554333120123322234564442
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