Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
9.0° C
(Which is 1.7°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: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)3s
Afternoon (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)13s
Evening (25 Feb)0.5ft (0.1m)18s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
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 (?)
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
W
0.1
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.2
W
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)344432113121817441544445555565
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)566668336111010183140272859838810913312661
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
5.85
5:07PM
5.46
5:45AM
5.41
6:29PM
5.17
7:10AM
5.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.41
11:26AM
1.55
11:56PM
1.84
12:48PM
1.91
1:37AM
2.04
2:34PM
1.88
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise----6:48-------6:47-------6:45---
Sunset------5:28-------5:29-------5:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------241
Temp. °C1312121111121213141312111011111212101010991010
Feels °C (?)10897791011121097554663331123
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