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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 04 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
8.4° 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 1AM is: 1.3m 5s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)5ft (1.6m)5s
Afternoon (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (05 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM
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
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
SE
1.1
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.6
NE
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)44555555555412171761616151514555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)93371871181471346933177236122610109884670111
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
35
E
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
25
E
25
E
35
ESE
25
SE
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
40
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
6.88
1:03AM
7.01
1:24PM
6.77
1:43AM
6.85
2:03PM
6.53
2:22AM
6.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
0.10
8:13AM
0.07
8:27PM
0.29
8:47AM
0.31
9:00PM
0.58
9:20AM
0.65
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------7:26-------7:24-------7:22-
Sunset4:50-------4:52-------4:53-------
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----11-------12211-1---1
Temp. °C1099877889999888998999998
Feels °C (?)4210-1-2025565221432211221
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