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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
7.8° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 11AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 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 (?)
0.3
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.8
S
1.8
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
1.9
W
1.7
W
1.6
WNW
0.1
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
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)66667467121265551198881212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7411417186111521301607000058666633310
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
5
E
10
SE
15
S
15
S
35
SSE
50
SSW
65
SSW
60
WSW
60
W
55
W
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
NW
45
NW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
6.58
2:32PM
6.22
2:53AM
6.26
3:19PM
5.85
3:42AM
5.88
4:10PM
5.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.52
9:34PM
0.82
9:57AM
0.86
10:12PM
1.18
10:36AM
1.23
10:51PM
1.54
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise--7:56-------7:56-------7:56-----
Sunset----4:06-------4:07-------4:08---
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light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1--267151122331--------
Temp. °C4446681075433332223334443
Feels °C (?)-1212210-7-8-9-9-8-8-9-10-9-9-8-7-6-5-4-2-2
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