Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 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
9.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 10AM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)4s
Evening (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.1
W
0.9
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)66644456677412666666117773
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)563026233237125228284153651730171465121113
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
50
SSW
50
SW
50
WSW
35
W
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
20
W
10
W
5
W
0
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
6.96
1:28PM
6.84
1:44AM
6.86
2:01PM
6.69
2:17AM
6.63
2:34PM
6.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
0.27
8:27PM
0.42
8:43AM
0.46
8:57PM
0.62
9:13AM
0.73
9:27PM
0.90
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-6:24-------6:22-------6:20------
Sunset-----7:31-------7:32-------7:35--
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10910111314131210891011988778910101110
Feels °C (?)65556742-1022322444467665
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