Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 22 Nov 2025 GMT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 1.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)--
Afternoon (22 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (22 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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 (?)
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
S
2.2
S
2.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.3
W
0.2
W
Period(s) (?)666676666444554787667789
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)166238298404432114186170000000081371911421106
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
S
40
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
50
SSW
40
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
50
NW
50
NNW
50
N
45
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
6.45
12:22AM
6.41
12:38PM
6.33
12:57AM
6.29
1:14PM
6.15
1:34AM
6.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
0.84
7:27AM
0.93
7:44PM
0.97
8:05AM
1.07
8:23PM
1.14
8:45AM
1.25
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Sunrise------7:22-------7:24-------7:26-
Sunset3:59-------3:57-------3:56-------
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1223-12------1-----132-
Temp. °C85551099119888887778776568
Feels °C (?)-2-5-5-553-13100-1-1-1001-1-2-3-5-6-5-3
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