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Folkestone surfForecast / South Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
8.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Folkestone today?

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 2PM is: 0.4m 6s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (07 Jan)--
Evening (07 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM0 AM3 AM6 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 (?)
0.9
SSW
0.4
S
0.8
WSW
0.8
W
0.7
W
0.5
W
0.3
SW
0.1
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.7
S
1.6
S
2
S
1.5
SSE
1
SSW
1.5
WSW
0.2
SSW
1.6
WNW
1.4
WNW
0.2
WSW
0.4
SW
0.2
WSW
0.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)7644436677735667410558888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6690000627117111312851671020100061666
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
5
W
5
N
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
35
SE
45
SSE
50
S
20
NE
45
WNW
55
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
50
WNW
45
NW
45
NW
40
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:46PM
6.55
2:08AM
6.58
2:32PM
6.22
2:53AM
6.26
3:19PM
5.85
3:42AM
5.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.26
8:55PM
0.49
9:18AM
0.52
9:34PM
0.82
9:57AM
0.86
10:12PM
1.18
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise7:56-------7:56-------7:56-------
Sunset--4:05-------4:06-------4:07-----
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C355434444556977433333332
Feels °C (?)-4-3-3-3-3-111111-2-1-43-6-9-9-9-8-8-7-7-8
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