Folkestone Surf Break

Lat Long: 51.08° N 1.19° E

Folkestone 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Folkestone sea temperature is
19.7°C
2.5° 

Folkestone surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Folkestone today (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 6s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Folkestone at 7PM is: 0.1m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Afternoon (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)6s
Evening (09 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
7
0.2
WSW
6
0.1
SW
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
6
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.3
SW
2
0.5
SW
3
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.6
SW
3
0.6
SW
4
0.7
SW
4
0.6
SW
4
0.4
SW
5
0.4
SW
6
0.5
SW
3
0.6
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
5
10
8
7
8
13
10
7
8
4
7
4
Wind (km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
5
WSW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
off
off
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:26AM6.09m
10:51PM6.30m
11:14AM6.56m
11:37PM6.70m
11:57AM6.94m
Low Tide
5:45PM0.73m
6:08AM0.54m
6:31PM0.26m
6:51AM0.20m
7:12PM-0.03m
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:20
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:23
7:22
7:19
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
18
19
17
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
16
17
17
17
16
18
21
20
20
20
Feels °C
11
15
18
14
13
14
13
13
13
12
11
12
13
13
13
15
16
19
17
18
18
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Folkestone surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest