Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 09 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
11.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 6AM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm December 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Afternoon (10 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (10 Dec)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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 (?)
1.8
SSW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.3
WSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.2
W
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)6665555661216444124444444154
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254120685756684435223511191730212418221720171713
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
6.28
2:54PM
5.92
3:20AM
5.87
3:53PM
5.49
4:22AM
5.51
5:00PM
5.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16PM
0.77
9:42AM
0.84
10:04PM
1.14
10:31AM
1.18
10:52PM
1.50
11:23AM
1.49
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sunrise----7:46-------7:48-------7:48---
Sunset------3:48-------3:48-------3:48-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C1413121212121210101010109910101010101011111112
Feels °C (?)766665656666445556668778
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