Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Sunday 15 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
9.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)--
Afternoon (16 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)19s
Evening (16 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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


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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
1.4
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
E
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)644442119181844444514143444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146000097661316132524324467121561519
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
5.26
9:27AM
5.49
9:49PM
5.82
10:09AM
6.04
10:28PM
6.38
10:47AM
6.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
1.65
4:32PM
1.35
4:55AM
1.06
5:14PM
0.81
5:35AM
0.52
5:53PM
0.36
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise----6:07-------6:05-------6:03---
Sunset-------6:00-------6:01-------6:02
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-----------------------
Temp. °C8765710109999999111314121199121313
Feels °C (?)1-1-2-20443333433710119854777
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