Folkestone Wear Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.09° N 1.20° E

Folkestone Wear Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Folkestone Wear Bay sea temperature is
17.0°C
2.1° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 1AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (21 Oct)--
Evening (21 Oct)--

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSW on Tue afternoon, severe gales from the SW by Fri morning).

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
4
0.7
S
4
1
SW
4
0.9
SW
6
1.2
SSW
5
1.5
S
5
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
SW
6
1.5
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
5
1.2
WSW
4
3
WSW
8
1.1
SW
8
0.9
SW
6
0.8
SW
6
0.7
SW
6
0.7
SSW
4
1.4
SSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
17
16
39
58
67
117
206
196
0
0
0
0
1127
135
64
46
38
11
105
Wind (km/h)
20
S
15
SSW
30
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSE
30
S
45
WSW
40
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
45
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:36PM4.59m
8:14AM4.81m
8:47PM4.94m
9:11AM5.25m
9:37PM5.43m
Low Tide
1:27PM2.29m
2:06AM2.27m
2:51PM2.09m
3:25AM1.98m
3:59PM1.67m
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light rain
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7:28
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5:52
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5:51
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5:49
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1
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1
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12
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1
3
Temp °C
14
15
12
13
13
12
13
11
11
11
11
11
12
10
11
14
15
14
14
Feels °C
11
13
6
7
6
5
7
1
2
1
3
4
4
4
6
9
10
8
5
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