Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.09° N 1.20° E

Folkestone Wear Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 am 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Folkestone Wear Bay sea temperature is
20.7°C
3.3° 

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 (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 4s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 8AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am August 28). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)0.5ft (0.1m)8s
Afternoon (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (28 Aug)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Thu night, near gales from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
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
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
3
0.3
SW
3
0.1
W
8
0.2
NNE
6
0.6
SW
3
1.2
SW
4
1.4
SW
5
1.4
SW
5
1.3
SW
5
1.4
SW
5
1.3
SW
5
1.2
SSW
5
1.5
SSW
5
1.9
SSW
6
2.5
SW
7
2.1
SW
6
1.5
SW
8
1.2
WSW
4
1
WSW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.9
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
102
87
66
108
249
527
328
255
0
0
0
29
32
26
16
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
35
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
55
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
11:56PM6.23m
12:14PM6.51m
00:31AM6.59m
12:48PM6.85m
1:06AM6.86m
1:23PM7.08m
Low Tide
7:02AM0.64m
7:21PM0.47m
7:37AM0.37m
7:56PM0.23m
8:12AM0.22m
8:31PM0.13m
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light rain
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part cloud
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cloud
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thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:01
6:03
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7:50
7:47
7:45
 mm
1
2
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
17
19
21
20
19
18
18
18
18
18
17
20
19
18
17
17
16
19
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
16
15
15
17
16
13
12
12
13
12
14
14
11
13
10
10
11
11
12
15
15
15
15
15
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