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Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 16 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
7.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 5AM is: 0.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 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
S
0.2
W
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
ESE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)41644915141414131331212771110733333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9191299820194332331122122222
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
5.52
10:12AM
5.68
10:35PM
5.83
10:53AM
5.96
11:13PM
6.14
11:31AM
6.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:03AM
1.55
5:24PM
1.28
5:46AM
1.19
6:04PM
0.95
6:25AM
0.87
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise----7:50-------7:50-------7:48---
Sunset------4:19-------4:21-------4:22-
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--2---------------------
Temp. °C888899910910101099910987778910
Feels °C (?)334456776766666754444567
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