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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 BST
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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
16.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 1PM is: 0.7m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Afternoon (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)12s
Evening (15 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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 (?)
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
NE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)131312512115553434444119963333
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3332332351911576151714922204322
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
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High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
5.01
7:07PM
4.91
7:50AM
4.97
8:33PM
5.04
9:02AM
5.25
9:33PM
5.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
1.97
2:18AM
2.07
3:02PM
1.88
3:40AM
1.85
4:14PM
1.54
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--7:16-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset----6:02-------6:00-------5:59---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121314141313121213141415151414141413131413131414
Feels °C (?)891098888101011111111101112119119101011
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Folkestone (calm at Folkestone 4 km from Folkestone). 0.3m 12s groundswell from the W to make surfable waves.

    2 hours 6 minutes ago Folkestone
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2 h 6 min ago

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