Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 27 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
9.2° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 10AM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Afternoon (27 Feb)4ft (1.2m)5s
Evening (27 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


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Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.4
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.4
SW
0.5
S
0.3
WSW
0.1
W
0.3
SW
0.1
W
0.5
SW
0.1
W
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)55555551055510126153154455544
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74831039377372131351011184540513358064302128
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10AM
5.26
7:51PM
5.25
8:26AM
5.46
8:59PM
5.60
9:27AM
5.84
9:53PM
6.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
2.04
2:34PM
1.88
3:17AM
1.76
3:54PM
1.47
4:24AM
1.23
4:51PM
0.96
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise--6:45-------6:43-------6:41-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:32-------5:35---
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1121----151--------1---
Temp. °C1099910101110998789888877810109
Feels °C (?)311234734642453432-1-10453
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