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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 GMT
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Folkestone surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Folkestone sea temperature is
7.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 5AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)4s
Afternoon (14 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)6s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.2
WSW
0.2
S
0.1
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.6
S
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
SW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.1
W
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)45464567345556666766164516
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251373111185828407818133927525833539185332224
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
N
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
SE
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
45
S
40
S
40
S
55
S
40
WSW
25
WSW
15
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
4.91
7:45AM
5.04
8:17PM
5.02
8:40AM
5.18
9:08PM
5.24
9:29AM
5.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
2.27
2:27PM
2.15
3:06AM
2.19
3:45PM
1.95
4:13AM
1.91
4:40PM
1.63
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise----7:52-------7:52-------7:50---
Sunset------4:15-------4:15-------4:17-
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
222------11--4453-------
Temp. °C107665779910898889106688899
Feels °C (?)5223244433231-1-11-1-4042134
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