Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 BST
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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
11.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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 1AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s
Afternoon (22 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (22 Apr)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
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 (?)
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)566655555555554444444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)901201331078690666711510662363030182628282827191288
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
NE
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
30
E
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
6.94
3:07AM
6.77
3:32PM
6.43
3:58AM
6.18
4:27PM
5.86
5:00AM
5.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:54PM
0.51
10:20AM
0.69
10:44PM
0.93
11:12AM
1.18
11:42PM
1.36
12:14PM
1.61
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-----5:47-------5:45-------5:43--
Sunset-7:59-------8:00-------8:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1010111110991011101112111010111098888910
Feels °C (?)324432223357655533334444
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