Folkestone Wear Bay surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
8.8° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)1ft (0.3m)4s
Afternoon (19 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.8
SSE
0.4
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)5444121414131312124567744565555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27632677733312113248179106000000530
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
15
E
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
20
N
25
NW
25
NW
15
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
45
SW
45
WSW
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
40
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07AM
7.00
12:26PM
7.00
12:44AM
7.22
1:03PM
7.12
1:22AM
7.27
1:43PM
7.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.07
7:33PM
0.06
7:53AM
-0.02
8:09PM
0.08
8:29AM
0.05
8:45PM
0.25
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:01-------6:58-------6:56-----
Sunset----5:16-------5:19-------5:20---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
322----------1--------1-
Temp. °C677776544579910108810101011111110
Feels °C (?)134441-1-2-1011-113122334552
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