Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Folkestone today (16 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 8s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 5AM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 6s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Folkestone. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | W 6 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:48AM6.50m | 3:06PM6.41m | 3:24AM6.06m | 3:44PM5.91m | 4:03AM5.56m | 4:25PM5.38m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:43AM0.79m | 10:01PM0.97m | 10:14AM1.20m | 10:34PM1.42m | 10:49AM1.63m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:04 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 6 | SW 6 | WSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | — | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 |
| kJ | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | W 6 | W 8 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 8 | N 7 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 2 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 5 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | SW 4 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SW 6 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | WSW 3 | SW 3 | SW 4 | SW 4 | WSW 4 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 61 | 96 | 56 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 19 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 336 | 364 | 195 | 195 | 173 | 167 | 304 | 261 | 194 | 194 | 436 | 436 | 591 | 535 | 497 | 364 | 374 | 206 | 206 | 416 | 518 | 520 | 518 | 436 |
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