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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 26 Dec 2025 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
11.0° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 7PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm December 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)--
Afternoon (26 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (26 Dec)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 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 (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
1.7
ENE
1.6
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)666555566665555544444444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70554941536910217616514310182695142443240252218151816
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
5.93
3:35AM
6.03
4:04PM
5.76
4:32AM
5.86
5:08PM
5.63
5:39AM
5.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
1.21
10:40AM
1.18
11:00PM
1.37
11:30AM
1.30
11:53PM
1.51
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise------7:58-------7:58-------7:58-
Sunset3:52-------3:52-------3:53-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C334455667766655564555667
Feels °C (?)-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-4-1-1-2-1-1-2-2-2-1-3-1-1-1012
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