Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
9.7° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Afternoon (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (31 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
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
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) (?)166661514661313136125551212121212555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)521144114331311133333111
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
SSE
5
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
5
E
5
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
15
W
20
NW
20
NNW
25
N
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
6.00
11:00AM
6.14
11:19PM
6.41
11:41AM
6.50
11:58PM
6.72
12:18PM
6.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
0.75
6:13PM
0.69
6:34AM
0.41
6:51PM
0.43
7:10AM
0.22
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise---6:33-------6:31-------6:30----
Sunset-------7:24-------7:27-------7:28
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C98777911111111111010111111111010109887
Feels °C (?)4323361010109977891097765322
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