Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 9PM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)--
Afternoon (12 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (12 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.1
W
0.2
S
0.1
W
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
WSW
0.1
W
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)55555555554363633101099666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555355707155412617731111119288154127116
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
35
ENE
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
E
40
E
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:18PM
5.24
4:55AM
5.18
5:43PM
4.97
6:20AM
5.09
7:03PM
5.04
7:29AM
5.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.78
12:04PM
1.75
12:38AM
1.97
1:19PM
1.80
1:53AM
1.94
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunrise------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset4:12-------4:09-------4:08-------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------25557411211--1
Temp. °C15141416151415141413131313131212121211109988
Feels °C (?)1088910101111121112121010677542100-1
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