Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 14 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)

How big are the waves at Folkestone Wear Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone Wear Bay at 8PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)1ft (0.3m)6s
Afternoon (14 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (14 Mar)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
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 (?)
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
NE
0.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)6141466787435564442221191818344
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6442222109621061080009977671116
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
W
25
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
4.62
8:11PM
4.78
8:39AM
4.98
9:05PM
5.26
9:27AM
5.49
9:49PM
5.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
2.37
3:09AM
2.20
3:41PM
1.91
4:10AM
1.65
4:32PM
1.35
4:55AM
1.06
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise6:11-------6:09-------6:07-------
Sunset--5:57-------5:58--------6:00----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C5810876668998965569998888
Feels °C (?)-12443232311-12-1-2-2-12232223
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