Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 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
11.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 5PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am December 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (01 Dec)8ft (2.5m)7s
Evening (01 Dec)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SW
1.5
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)777777886554555644445556
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)537631698717870870734257533930254553264471730395987131184
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
55
S
55
S
50
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
25
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
45
S
45
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
5.84
8:03PM
5.97
8:26AM
6.27
8:56PM
6.42
9:18AM
6.69
9:45PM
6.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
1.21
2:56AM
1.26
3:28PM
0.85
3:57AM
0.90
4:26PM
0.49
4:52AM
0.55
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise7:35-------7:37-------7:37-------
Sunset--3:51-------3:51-------3:49-----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
13--1323111--1----------
Temp. °C99111010101091011101010119891010109999
Feels °C (?)-2-20-1-205445443534333311-1-1
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