Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
9.8° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)4s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
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 (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.1
W
0.4
NE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
Period(s) (?)444444444441441313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14138101011944444033333333333
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
7.42
12:59AM
7.51
1:20PM
7.32
1:40AM
7.31
2:02PM
7.00
2:24AM
6.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28AM
-0.24
7:45PM
-0.08
8:06AM
-0.12
8:24PM
0.13
8:46AM
0.19
9:05PM
0.48
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise5:56------5:54-------5:52-------5:50
Sunset---6:07-------6:09-------6:12----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C8887778899109998889988988
Feels °C (?)332223455565654435665543
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