Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.09° N 1.20° E

Folkestone Wear Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Folkestone Wear Bay sea temperature is
17.5°C
2.4° 

Folkestone Wear Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 3PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (17 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sat morning). Mainly strong winds.

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
12
0.1
W
12
0.2
WSW
12
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
11
0.1
W
10
0.7
E
4
0.5
ESE
4
0.3
SE
3
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.1
W
10
0.7
NE
4
1
ENE
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3
3
3
13
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
14
7
2
2
2
2
2
13
37
Wind (km/h)
35
N
35
N
30
NNE
35
N
35
NNE
35
N
40
NNE
35
NNE
40
NE
30
NE
10
NE
10
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
15
E
25
ENE
30
E
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:50PM5.42m
4:12AM5.19m
4:39PM4.95m
5:11AM4.79m
5:53PM4.59m
Low Tide
10:25AM1.61m
10:47PM1.81m
11:12AM1.96m
11:39PM2.13m
12:12PM2.22m
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7:20
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7:22
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7:24
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5:59
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5:57
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5:54
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 mm
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1
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1
2
2
3
8
6
1
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Temp °C
11
13
14
13
13
12
13
13
11
11
11
12
13
12
12
12
11
12
13
15
15
Feels °C
4
5
7
5
5
4
5
5
3
5
9
10
8
7
8
9
9
9
10
11
10
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